Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '16 at 20:20
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 198 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 524 53% 429 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 05AA) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Lighting 3.87 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 6.41 3% 8.98 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.61 5% 6.36 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 512GB-$173 1,585 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 469 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 758 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 39 (A3) Unknown 100 100 30 (A4) Unknown 100 100 17504 (A5) Unknown 100 100 58 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 541 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 96420 (F2) Unknown 100 100 209199 (F5) Unknown 100 100 280064	34.5% Below average	Read 499 Write 56.9 Mixed 103 47% 219 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 1.77 41% 9.54 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 105%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 96GB free Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 820 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 357 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 79 (A9) Unknown 100 100 327 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 45 193274970151 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 33 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2872 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2283 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2228 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	57% Above average	Read 372 Write 266 Mixed 313 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 13.6 78% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 77 DQ Write 58.1 DQ Mixed 42.1 38% 59.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 99%
Liteonit DMT-80 11GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 7GB free Firmware: 01 B Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	56% Above average	Read 389 Write 202 Mixed 272 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 13.6 80% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 48.9 DQ Mixed 13.4 34% 73.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BF160B.M16 Samsung M471B1G73DM0-YK0 CT102464BF160B.M16 Samsung M471B1G73DM0-YK0 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.8% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns

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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 $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 $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