Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.86% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '17 at 15:36
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 190 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 466 51% 406 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.8% 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. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.86% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 21.5 Parallax 6.62 3% 10.6 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.78 5% 6.45 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.86% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9385136 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 146 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -34789235089894 (0C) Power cycle count 80 80 21443 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 69 (AE) Unknown 0 0 20138 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 69 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4444 (BD) vendor-specific 35 49 73017655331 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 73017655331 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9385136 (C4) Reallocation count 97 97 146 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9385136 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9385136 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11258 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9682 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9682 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14590	49.2% Average	Read 315 Write 215 Mixed 241 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 13.6 71% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 77.3 DQ Mixed 12.7 21% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 94%
Liteonit DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GB 888 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 74GB free Firmware: DMH110B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1879 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 103681 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 370 (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 192608 (F2) Unknown 100 100 248552	48% Average	Read 321 Write 200 Mixed 183 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 14.6 71% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 51.2 DQ Mixed 15.3 18% 30.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 75%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 929GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 2000 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2046 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1818 (BF) G-sense error rate 64 64 36 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6576 (C2) HDA temperature 111 82 36 (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 87 87 9552 (F1) Unknown 200 200 39330540603 (F2) Unknown 200 200 13407092669 (FE) Unknown 195 195 5	61.3% Good	Read 108 Write 105 Mixed 65.9 69% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.18 79% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KNWMX1-ETF 2x4GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 16.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 57%

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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	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