Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 38.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	9.82% 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	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 15:14
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4910MQ-$110 6,703 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Memory 62.6 1-Core 22.8 2-Core 45.2 31% 43.5 Pts	4-Core 78.4 8-Core 211 16% 145 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 880M 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Dell(1028 05AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 368.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.82% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 15.3 8% 12.4 fps	MRender 18.7 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 16.8 13% 15.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 9.82% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-256L9M-11 MSATA 256GB 2,178 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: HM8110B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 14908 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1216 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 74127 (F2) Unknown 100 100 95222	68% Good	Read 467 Write 415 Mixed 441 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 16 64% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 8.44 32% 72.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 95%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 923GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 175 1741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 396 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3369 (C2) HDA temperature 107 91 40 (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 100 100 11 (F1) Unknown 200 200 126078758 (F2) Unknown 200 200 123157437 (FE) Unknown 199 199 1	61.4% Good	Read 106 Write 108 Mixed 91.4 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 4x8GB 2,172 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 7.5 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 66%

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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