Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.7% 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	81.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '17 at 07:35
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$46 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 (92^nd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 99 2-Core 190 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 519 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 05AA) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.7% Below average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 53.2 Parallax 44.8 38% 48.4 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 45.6 Splatting 49.7 42% 51.4 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2011 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 540 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 601 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1769563 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4835	81.3% Excellent	Read 521 Write 479 Mixed 504 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 12 85% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 11.6 52% 107 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 772GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 179 1708 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1824 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 971 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 39600 (C2) HDA temperature 102 83 45 (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	58% Above average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 101 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 M471B5173DB0-YK0 M471B5173DB0-YK0 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.1% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 10.4 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 10 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 53%

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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 $46Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	309x
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 $76Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16