Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.35% 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	23% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110117
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '16 at 15:49
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 520-$70 23,644 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	45.5% Average	Memory 63.7 1-Core 67.5 2-Core 113 49% 81.4 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 162 22% 161 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 3,040 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 043A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	9.35% Terrible	Lighting 12.4 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 10.4 10% 10.6 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 9.23 Splatting 10.6 8% 9.47 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.35% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 512GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 114 85362146 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -115225382606800 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1801 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 88 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 85362146 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 85362146 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 85362146 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27481 (EA) Unknown 0 0 38180 (F1) Unknown 0 0 38180 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29154	23% Poor	Read 249 Write 102 Mixed 79.9 31% 144 MB/s	4K Read 4.21 4K Write 5.64 4K Mixed 8.72 20% 6.19 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 107%
Seagate ST9200423ASG 200GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 166GB free Firmware: DE16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142573712 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3463 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4459540924 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 3001 (B8) Unknown 65 65 35 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BC) Unknown 100 99 47245361168 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 42 296992047137 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 669 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 78477 (C2) HDA temperature 33 114 25769803809 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 55 142573712 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10458245360400 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2961521990 (F2) Unknown 100 253 116938076 (FE) Unknown 1 1 4	41.3% Average	Read 75.7 Write 68.5 Mixed 38.3 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.31 59% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-G7 2x4GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	24% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10.1 23% 8.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.33 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 40%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 7%

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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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Value: 50% - Above average

Total price: $248

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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