Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 068R5X
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '19 at 02:11
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930MX 1,497 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 605 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 05AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74% Very good	Lighting 88 Reflection 117 Parallax 87.5 72% 97.4 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 102 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 616GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 494 578 594 591 587 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 736 Write 768 Mixed 310 SusWrite 556 133% 593 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 31.4 106% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 405 DQ Write 548 DQ Mixed 195 226% 382 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 445%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 487GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 293 333 340 340 339 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 459 Mixed 443 SusWrite 324 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 60.4 203% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 360 270% 359 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 EVO mSATA 500GB 1,650 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 465GB free Firmware: RVT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 293 333 340 340 339 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 480 Mixed 442 SusWrite 324 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 59.2 203% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 353 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 701 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 77%

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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