Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.4% 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	68.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 068R5X
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '16 at 14:20
Run Duration	365 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150 22,632 User benchmarks, average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 202 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 503 54% 431 Pts	64-Core 100 6% 100 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.7% 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 Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 20.3 Reflection 18.4 Parallax 22.9 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 22.3 Gravity 18.1 Splatting 19.3 16% 19.9 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 119GB free Firmware: SAFM11.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1604 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 851 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 193 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 58 42 249109086250	50% Average	Read 431 Write 119 Mixed 204 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 5.89 58% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 34.9 72% 151 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 83%
Solidata SSD 240GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 26386441 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -126443837187376 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4740 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 4740 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26386441 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26386441 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26386441 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10937 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11241 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11241 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12086	68.9% Good	Read 418 Write 220 Mixed 271 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 16.3 94% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 66.5 101% 192 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 81%
Liteonit DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GB 888 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 14GB free Firmware: DMH110A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3338 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 19718 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 580 (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 35478 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27255	71.9% Very good	Read 431 Write 203 Mixed 271 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 27.8 103% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 66.9 96% 179 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 75%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 240GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 127GB free Firmware: 1.0 Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	27.5% Poor	Read 70.2 Write 25.7 Mixed 33.3 32% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.11 29% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 65%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 80GB 66GB free Firmware: 1.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.2% Poor	Read 70.6 Write 24.2 Mixed 34.4 32% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.11 41% 0.33 MB/s

Microsoft Virtual Disk 240GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3GB free Firmware: 1.0 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 59.2 Write 21.7 Mixed 35.6 29% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.17 42% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 65%
HDD 750GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 518GB free, PID 2551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 77 Write 77.4 Mixed 76.9 100% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 34%
HDD 1TB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 77GB free, PID 2551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 61.7 Write 58.8 Mixed 51.9 73% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 66%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 65GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 53.6 Write 52.4 Mixed 55.2 70% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 2x8GB 3,520 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.9 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 61%

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System: Alienware 17

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	454x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $48Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	308x
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	125x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	629x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	120x
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	115x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16