Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 068R5X
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 22:21
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 190 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 505 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 72.1% 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.01% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 15.1 Parallax 6.84 3% 8.63 fps	MRender 9.95 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.91 6% 6.73 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.01% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TY256HDHP-000L7 256GB 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT04L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1628 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 323 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 6 (AE) Unknown 99 99 90 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1864 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 240519413796 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16651385 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1739 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1681 (F9) Unknown 99 99 1739	116% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 483 Mixed 502 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 47.4 167% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 27.2 102% 224 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 394GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 172 1266 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6444 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6100 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 9614 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30186 (C2) HDA temperature 119 82 28 (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 16440 (F1) Unknown 200 200 89432227683 (F2) Unknown 200 200 65465267427 (FE) Unknown 182 182 18	66.8% Good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 110 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.29 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173CB0-YK0 4x4GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 19.1 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.9% 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 $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	627x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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