Alienware 17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 36.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	43.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 041W46
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 16:39
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Memory 59.2 1-Core 22.7 2-Core 41.8 30% 41.2 Pts	4-Core 76.2 8-Core 122 12% 99.1 Pts	64-Core 116 7% 116 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-256M6M 256GB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1971 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 107395 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1696 (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 331896 (F2) Unknown 100 100 324689	43.1% Average	Read 320 Write 295 Mixed 311 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 7.78 37% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 32.6 DQ Mixed 7.97 12% 21.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 93%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 200955158 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1737 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21385406 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -124382252887987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 48 705757223 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 29 29 142962 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 73014444071 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -131937100364185 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13443905244 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9494497873 (FE) Unknown 1 1 4	57.5% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 103 Mixed 65.5 66% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 5.09 4K Mixed 0.35 167% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 70%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 99GB free Firmware: 2D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1724 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 15056 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1976 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 38 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 220164 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634118690 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 39709461 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 167978338 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 2313 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11623486342 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10643775190 (FE) Unknown 100 100 10	40.8% Average	Read 63.4 Write 78.6 Mixed 70.1 53% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.18 54% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 4x4GB 1,523 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 6.6 15% 5.3 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 58%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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