Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 13:48
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$50 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 553 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 860M 18,736 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 05AE) 2GB CLim: 915 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 20.6 Parallax 27.2 17% 23 fps	MRender 20 Gravity 26.6 Splatting 16.3 17% 21 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 448GB free Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (A5) Unknown 100 100 589830 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 251 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 44 188980985897 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4294967297 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 37 (EA) Unknown 100 100 77 (F1) Unknown 253 253 73 (F2) Unknown 253 253 44 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.3% Excellent	Read 511 Write 459 Mixed 385 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 31.2 113% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 68.8 73% 114 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 118%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	23% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 38.9 Mixed 35.8 29% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 4.94 4K Mixed 0.49 181% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 65%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 154 (03) Spinup time 185 181 1750 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 785 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 780 (BF) G-sense error rate 92 92 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 44999 (C2) HDA temperature 108 99 39 (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 99 99 975 (F1) Unknown 200 200 5468769348 (F2) Unknown 200 200 7808266488	41.6% Average	Read 73.2 Write 71.6 Mixed 65.3 53% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.35 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 43%
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 267GB free Firmware: 0502 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 35.4 Write 38.8 Mixed 39.5 29% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.36 76% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KNWMX1-ETF 2x4GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.4 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 57%

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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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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 $40	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