Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 36.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	7.81% 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	40.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 068R5X
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '18 at 14:54
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150 22,632 User benchmarks, average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Memory 61.5 1-Core 23.5 2-Core 37.1 30% 40.7 Pts	4-Core 66.6 8-Core 104 10% 85.1 Pts	64-Core 87 5% 87 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770M 6,357 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 05AE) 3GB CLim: 862 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Lighting 9.17 Reflection 8.77 Parallax 11.2 8% 9.73 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 9.13 8% 10.5 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 7.81% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 64GB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3401 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1724 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 220 (B2) Unknown 93 93 52 (B3) Unknown 95 95 78 (B4) Unknown 95 95 1554 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 93 93 764 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5013927179 (F2) Unknown 99 99 7667622229	40.5% Average	Read 429 Write 167 Mixed 240 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 21.2 4K Mixed 7.21 38% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.9 DQ Write 42.6 DQ Mixed 24.6 23% 35.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 62%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 698GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 167 1491 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1845 (05) Reallocated sector count 162 162 320 (07) Seek error rate 186 184 293 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1698 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 841 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22781 (C2) HDA temperature 112 86 35 (C4) Reallocation count 154 154 46 (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 96 96 3048 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9274360720 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6777294912 (FE) Unknown 199 199 1	63% Good	Read 120 Write 99.9 Mixed 103 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.21 66% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 71%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 698GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 170 1483 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1887 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1679 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 2398 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27306 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 31 (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 96 96 2923 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8021869742 (F2) Unknown 200 200 5682729144 (FE) Unknown 199 199 1	67.6% Good	Read 117 Write 118 Mixed 119 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.35 116% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 71%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 2GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 96.4 Write 9.3 Mixed 18.2 36% 41.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.42 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 29% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 23%

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 (7^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 4.3 12% 4.27 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 57%

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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 $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

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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 $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 $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