Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 068R5X
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '16 at 05:52
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930MX 1,497 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 203 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 574 57% 464 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 05AE) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	47.7% Average	Lighting 60 Reflection 56.5 Parallax 49.4 49% 55.3 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 55.1 Splatting 53.7 46% 55.9 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 1TB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 705GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1412 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 466 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 53 24 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 65 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4435059995	92.2% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 402 Mixed 420 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 25.1 137% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40.7 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 24.9 60% 116 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 128%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2BC10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2609 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 447 (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 1390 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 451 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201863987233 (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 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1596	64.1% Good	Read 103 Write 121 Mixed 60.1 70% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 70%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 2BC10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 90 3101 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 449 (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 1395 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 453 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 65 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 43 244813594663 (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 5 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1077	61.9% Good	Read 99.4 Write 117 Mixed 107 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 23.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 77%

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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 $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 $131	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