Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	82.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 068R5X
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 01:34
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150 22,632 User benchmarks, average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 192 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 533 54% 438 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780M 3,739 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Dell(1028 05AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 849 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 13.9 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 15 11% 14.1 fps	MRender 14.5 Gravity 16.5 Splatting 12.7 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 374 362 340 350 344 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 329 Write 315 Mixed 286 SusWrite 357 73% 322 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 42.6 143% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 51.4 46% 67.4 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 124%
Liteonit DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GB 888 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 74GB free Firmware: DMH110A SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 199 198 188 200 200 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 293 Write 192 Mixed 170 SusWrite 198 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 25.4 100% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 62.8 DQ Mixed 32.4 29% 41.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GB 1,119 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 57%

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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	453x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	308x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	124x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	626x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	119x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x

RAM
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,671 samples	113x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16