Alienware 14

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware 14 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07MJ2Y
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '17 at 13:47
Run Duration	451 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4700MQ-$209 69,603 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 185 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 499 53% 422 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 71%

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 05A9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.84% Terrible	Lighting 3.83 Reflection 9.42 Parallax 6.59 3% 6.62 fps	MRender 9.29 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.39 5% 6.34 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.84% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1297 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 225 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 44 32 56 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7705631226
Poor: 64% Great: 128%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 347GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 179 1083 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1751 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9368 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1712 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 2757 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 335024 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 40 (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 91 91 6788 (F1) Unknown 200 200 33777270427 (F2) Unknown 200 200 25933597995 (FE) Unknown 199 199 1	60.7% Good	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 98.1 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.22 97% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 71%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.68% Terrible	Read 13.2 Write 3.04 Mixed 3.16 6% 6.47 MB/s	4K Read 4.63 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.003 17% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.68% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173BH0-YK0 2x4GB 4,546 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57% 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 14

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	346x
Core i5-4200MIntel $39Bench 50%, 33,019 samples	109x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	77x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	388x
GTX 765MNvidiaBench 13%, 7,023 samples	115x
GeForce GT 750MNvidiaBench 8%, 13,088 samples	113x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	12x
DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GBLiteonitBench 67%, 888 samples	12x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x

RAM
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 18,159 samples	67x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	65x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	57x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $247

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