Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 34% Sail boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 33.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '21 at 15:40
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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)	33.8% Below average	Memory 55.4 1-Core 23.4 2-Core 30.2 27% 36.3 Pts	4-Core 69.1 8-Core 94.7 10% 81.9 Pts	64-Core 89.1 6% 89.1 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 05AA) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	3.27% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 16.3 Parallax 6.8 3% 8.9 fps	MRender 7.3 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 4.9 4% 4.83 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.27% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 652GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 295 371 377 376 389 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 406 Write 366 Mixed 273 SusWrite 363 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 21.1 68% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 116 97% 140 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 105%
Liteonit DMT-80M6M-11 mS 11GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 6GB free Firmware: DMH1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 325 Write 198 Mixed 195 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 16.4 50% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 82.8 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 66.8 58% 85.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 68%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 834GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 100 100 99 100 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 2x4GB 26,681 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 14.3 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 6.2 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 142 28% 142 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 56%

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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%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $109Bench 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 $178	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) $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