Computer maker Dell Inc. says its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 17 percent.

Restructuring charges were partly to blame.

For the three-month period that ended Aug. 1, Dell's earnings dropped to $616 million, or 31 cents per share, from $746 million, or 32 cents per share in the same period last year.

The results included 2 cents per share in amortization and business realignment costs.

Sales rose 11 percent to $16.4 billion, ahead of Wall Street's view for $15.9 billion in sales, according to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.