Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	26.1% 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	63.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 31 '18 at 21:28
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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-$48 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Memory 64.8 1-Core 18.9 2-Core 43.4 31% 42.4 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 498 32% 308 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 880M 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Dell(1028 05AA) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9764 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 30.8 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 40.1 25% 34.1 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 36.5 Splatting 30 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 730 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 388 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 42 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3451557995	63.8% Good	Read 493 Write 401 Mixed 403 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 21.1 4K Mixed 13 56% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 52.6 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 10.2 21% 42.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 134%
Liteonit DMT-80M6M-11 mS 11GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 10GB free Firmware: DMH1 Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 426 Write 200 Mixed 270 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 13.1 48% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 83.3 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 6.67 30% 65.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 68%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 923GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 4x4GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 7.1 16% 5.77 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 58%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $48Bench 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	628x
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 $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16