Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.6% 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	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 11:27
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4700MQ-$209 69,603 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 188 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 324 37% 287 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770M 6,357 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 05AD) 3GB CLim: 862 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 368.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Lighting 20.5 Reflection 18.4 Parallax 23 17% 20.7 fps	MRender 22.6 Gravity 18.1 Splatting 19.4 16% 20 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841N mSATA 512GB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM45D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 888 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 88 88 413 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 18304 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25247112021 (F2) Unknown 99 99 19853290501	72.4% Very good	Read 500 Write 196 Mixed 303 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 21.9 96% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 90.3 112% 205 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 95%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 697GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 169 1491 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2241 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22725 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1137 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 10105 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 314080 (C2) HDA temperature 101 77 46 (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 78 78 16133 (F1) Unknown 200 200 52542969402 (F2) Unknown 200 200 49255573946 (FE) Unknown 195 195 5	70.4% Very good	Read 116 Write 130 Mixed 109 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 71%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 697GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 118 (03) Spinup time 188 169 1575 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2984 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20591 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1135 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 10411 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 110 110 271921 (C2) HDA temperature 109 88 38 (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 81 81 14012 (F1) Unknown 200 200 57806854730 (F2) Unknown 200 200 57442909391 (FE) Unknown 195 195 5	67.4% Good	Read 124 Write 111 Mixed 122 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 4x4GB 1,671 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 20.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 58%

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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