Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 20% Surfboard	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (2nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 98 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 19.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	0.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 068R5X
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '23 at 22:54
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (2^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Memory 25.8 1-Core 21.2 2-Core 39.8 18% 28.9 Pts	4-Core 69.2 8-Core 95.3 10% 82.2 Pts	64-Core 97.5 6% 97.5 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 71%

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 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.43% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 8.8 Parallax 0.9 0% 3.4 fps	MRender 0.8 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 0.6 0% 0.57 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.43% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 211 203 180 169 149 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 344 Write 312 Mixed 267 SusWrite 183 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 12.8 42% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 50.2 DQ Mixed 55.8 50% 79.2 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 125%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 223GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 256 252 232 299 363 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.5% Below average	Read 180 Write 165 Mixed 92.7 SusWrite 268 40% 176 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 9.8 4K Mixed 5.4 22% 7.17 MB/s	DQ Read 69.4 DQ Write 81.3 DQ Mixed 80.2 59% 77 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF186D.C16 4x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 1777 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	MC Read 1.5 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 3.1 17% 5.97 GB/s	SC Read 1 SC Write 3.9 SC Mixed 1.7 6% 2.2 GB/s	Latency 281 14% 281 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 64%

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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	455x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $46Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	309x
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	126x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	629x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	121x
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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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