Alienware 17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.57% 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	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	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.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XJJ7
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 09:58
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	SYC-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Memory 84.4 1-Core 61.1 2-Core 57.2 48% 67.6 Pts	4-Core 71.3 8-Core 53.6 9% 62.5 Pts	64-Core 64 4% 64 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290X 1,411 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Dell(1028 05AD) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	6.57% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 7.69 Parallax 12.3 7% 9.38 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 8.73 Splatting 9.43 6% 7.68 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 6.57% Great: 27%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: DEM9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188860504 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2741 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 456943548 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2784 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 51 42 99608363057 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 558 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25851 (C2) HDA temperature 49 58 51539607601 (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 99484327490183 (F1) Unknown 100 253 87561775911 (F2) Unknown 100 253 883424455676 (FE) Unknown 1 1 458	55.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 91 Mixed 94.6 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.11 36% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 64%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 301GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 88.4 Write 80.5 Mixed 63.6 97% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 43%

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 (2^nd percentile)	25.4% Poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 7.6 20% 7.03 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 14.7 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 57%

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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