Alienware 17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.22% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

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 colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 22:15
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 383 45% 348 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 860M 18,736 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 05AE) 2GB CLim: 915 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	8.22% Terrible	Lighting 7.23 Reflection 16.4 Parallax 19.6 6% 14.4 fps	MRender 14.7 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 16.1 13% 15.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 8.22% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 240827535 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 602 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 4853760 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -6695854014169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 470810652 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 649 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2867 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 64 240827535 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -82119774699463 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5052187537 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2057910871 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	42.2% Average	Read 77.8 Write 68.1 Mixed 52 49% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 4.21 4K Mixed 0.28 130% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 63%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 170GB free Firmware: 2BC10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 2614 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6575 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5157 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3966 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 47 227633987613 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 103 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 38 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 35568	40% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 81 Mixed 78.9 55% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.08 4K Mixed 0.28 113% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 70%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 58 20569765 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1714 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 253959201 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 72060961294966 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1670 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 129 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 655360039 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15736 (C2) HDA temperature 39 51 51539607591 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -73851962652071 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29202144129 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40984514426 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	50.7% Above average	Read 99 Write 77 Mixed 53.2 57% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.05 106% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 2x4GB 14,177 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 57%

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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 $90Bench 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