Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 31.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	12.4% 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	35.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 21:12
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	72%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4940MX 2,383 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	31.9% Below average	Memory 52.6 1-Core 20.9 2-Core 34.9 26% 36.1 Pts	4-Core 62.3 8-Core 98.5 10% 80.4 Pts	64-Core 107 7% 107 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 880M 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Dell(1028 05AA) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1967 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.4% Very poor	Lighting 12.8 Reflection 18 Parallax 16.6 10% 15.8 fps	MRender 15.7 Gravity 16.9 Splatting 24.7 16% 19.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841N mSATA 256GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM45D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 241 249 192 137 137 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.3% Below average	Read 233 Write 133 Mixed 154 SusWrite 192 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 7.6 29% 9.73 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 101 81% 115 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 96%
Toshiba MK3256GSYF 320GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 895GB free Firmware: LJ011D SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 90 94 93 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 80.5 Write 99 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 96.6 56% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 4x8GB 2,172 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38.6% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 6.2 14% 4.97 GB/s	Latency 151 26% 151 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 66%

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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%

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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	454x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $48Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	308x
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	125x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	629x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	120x
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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x

RAM
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,671 samples	115x
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 $290	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