Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.7% 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	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 13:25
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4900MQ-$110 5,651 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 467 49% 391 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780M 3,739 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Dell(1028 05AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 849 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Lighting 29.6 Reflection 28.6 Parallax 37.6 24% 32 fps	MRender 36.1 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 26.6 26% 32.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-256M6M mSATA 256GB 4,013 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: DM8110F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2966 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 179899 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1376 (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 592987 (F2) Unknown 100 100 932078	68.8% Good	Read 469 Write 393 Mixed 430 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 16 82% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 55 DQ Mixed 15.9 19% 32.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 88%
Hitachi HTS541050A9E680 500GB 299 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 464GB free Firmware: JA6OA560 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 198 198 137 (03) Spinup time 253 253 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2328 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 811 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 28386 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 240518430757 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	52.2% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 91.4 Mixed 90.6 68% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 3x8GB 699 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 18.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 57%

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

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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	454x
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	627x
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 $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 $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