Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.5% 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 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.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0MPYM4
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '19 at 10:17
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (98^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 196 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 511 55% 436 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290X 1,411 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Dell(1028 05AD) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 38.4 21% 31.7 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 24.7 Splatting 35.7 25% 29.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 27%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 235 72 69 79 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 314 Mixed 305 SusWrite 166 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 47 156% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 338 261% 355 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 123%
Liteonit DMT-80 11GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 10GB free Firmware: MD1H Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 200 Mixed 184 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 21.7 79% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 142 116% 162 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 65%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 74GB free Firmware: 100. SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 60 69 71 70 69 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 84 Write 78.6 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 67.9 46% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 62%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 13GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 103 86 87 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 107 Write 109 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 96.4 126% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 43%

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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.8 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 58%

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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