Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.8% 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	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '19 at 20:16
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$50 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 194 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 510 56% 440 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 05AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 353.82 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.8% Very poor	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 24.1 9% 15.6 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 27.6 Splatting 24.1 18% 21.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 286 320 316 363 383 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 363 Write 322 Mixed 190 SusWrite 326 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 12.7 47% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 13.5 57% 134 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 99%
Crucial M500 mSATA 480GB-$488 390 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 390GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 301 310 320 347 345 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 339 Write 298 Mixed 274 SusWrite 318 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 13.1 4K Mixed 9.7 32% 10.3 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 175 168% 264 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 95%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: DEM9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 109 109 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 71 SusWrite 109 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 4x4GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 58%

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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