Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.4% 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	41.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 12:12
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 X 940-$79 592 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 88 2-Core 177 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 320 38% 296 Pts	64-Core 320 20% 320 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290X 1,411 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Dell(1028 043A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.8.2 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 18.8 12% 15.3 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 13.2 Splatting 15.7 11% 13 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 27%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507K SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 145 152 146 150 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.4% Average	Read 205 Write 200 Mixed 186 SusWrite 147 42% 185 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 15.3 55% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 124 103% 149 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 87%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 876GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 111 112 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 57.9 SusWrite 110 70% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16JTF51264HZ-1G4M1 2x4GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 12 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

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Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M17x

CPU
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	13x
Core i7 Q 820Intel $119Bench 52%, 2,269 samples	9x
Core i7 X 920Intel $90Bench 57%, 998 samples	9x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 4870ATIBench 8%, 153 samples	27x
Mobility Radeon HD 5870AMDBench 9%, 3,040 samples	25x
GeForce GTX 260MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,120 samples	7x

SSD
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	3x
PM800 Series 2.5" 256GBSamsungBench 24%, 1,200 samples	3x
SH103S3480G 480GBKingstonBench 56%, 32 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	14x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	8x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	5x

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Total price: $248

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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