Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 32.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	8.69% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	12.8 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	Dec 23 '16 at 00:13
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Memory 53 1-Core 23.2 2-Core 36.5 27% 37.6 Pts	4-Core 67.6 8-Core 103 11% 85.2 Pts	64-Core 115 7% 115 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 880M 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Dell(1028 05AA) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7609 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.69% Terrible	Lighting 8.43 Reflection 18 Parallax 13.7 7% 13.4 fps	MRender 15.9 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 16.3 12% 14.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 8.69% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GB 888 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 10GB free Firmware: DMH110B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 32438 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 520 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 68132 (F2) Unknown 100 100 50464	53.2% Above average	Read 416 Write 201 Mixed 271 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 20.1 66% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 83.3 DQ Write 78.9 DQ Mixed 44.6 44% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 75%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 797 (03) Spinup time 178 176 2100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 784 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 761 (BF) G-sense error rate 48 48 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 59442 (C2) HDA temperature 99 86 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 85 85 11625 (F1) Unknown 200 200 42195098391 (F2) Unknown 200 200 42487911924 (FE) Unknown 172 172 28	45% Average	Read 80.9 Write 76.1 Mixed 70.5 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.2 45% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 62%

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 way below expectations (5^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.7 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 150 27% 150 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 58%

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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	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 $295	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