Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 38%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	8.92% 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	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	9.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '19 at 10:21
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4910MQ-$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 (5^th percentile)	38% Below average	Memory 62.9 1-Core 23.3 2-Core 41.1 31% 42.4 Pts	4-Core 72.8 8-Core 125 12% 98.7 Pts	64-Core 126 8% 126 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 880M 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Dell(1028 05AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.92% Terrible	Lighting 8.83 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 13.9 7% 13.3 fps	MRender 16.5 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 16.2 12% 14.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 8.92% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-256L9M-11 MSATA 256GB 2,178 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: HM8110A SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 346 352 335 377 377 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 422 Write 372 Mixed 273 SusWrite 355 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 28.2 4K Mixed 15.6 67% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 154 131% 193 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 95%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 675GB free Firmware: AX1P8L SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 90 92 92 92 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 79.1 Write 92.2 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 91.1 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GB 18,309 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	44% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7.5 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44% 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%

Tree trunk

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 i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	124x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	628x
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 $90Bench 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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16