Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 32% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 068R5X
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130911
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '19 at 21:54
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150 22,632 User benchmarks, average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35% Below average	Memory 58.9 1-Core 20.6 2-Core 28.2 28% 35.9 Pts	4-Core 63.7 8-Core 84.6 10% 74.2 Pts	64-Core 94 6% 94 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 76%

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. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.54% Terrible	Lighting 0.53 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 0.91 0% 4.93 fps	MRender 1.38 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 1.04 1% 0.91 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.54% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDAT240GB-DX 240GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 118 117 114 113 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 315 Write 161 Mixed 186 SusWrite 119 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 13.2 45% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 64 DQ Mixed 96.3 76% 108 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 76%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 99 107 107 107 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 104 Write 73.8 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 106 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GB 1,119 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 16.4 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7 16% 5.77 GB/s	Latency 131 31% 131 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 57%

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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	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