Alienware 17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	40% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '18 at 20:02
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4910MQ-$110 6,703 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Memory 56.6 1-Core 23 2-Core 36.1 28% 38.6 Pts	4-Core 57.9 8-Core 114 10% 86 Pts	64-Core 117 7% 117 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 102 112 116 119 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 364 Write 318 Mixed 288 SusWrite 121 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 11.5 45% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 86.2 DQ Mixed 42.4 46% 77.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 56%
Liteonit DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GB 888 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 74GB free Firmware: DMH110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 195 198 197 198 194 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 432 Write 198 Mixed 206 SusWrite 196 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 18.1 67% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 93.1 76% 110 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 75%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100M 1TB 6,695 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: AX1P1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 106 107 107 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 79.3 Write 95.2 Mixed 34 SusWrite 106 57% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 4x4GB 1,523 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.6% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 15.1 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 7 17% 5.9 GB/s	Latency 138 29% 138 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware 17

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	454x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $48Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	308x
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	125x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	629x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	120x
GTX 880MNvidiaBench 28%, 2,147 samples	99x

SSD
DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GBLiteonitBench 67%, 888 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x

RAM
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,671 samples	115x
8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 53%, 1,119 samples	80x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 53%, 1,523 samples	64x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $209

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16