Alienware M17x

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	7.81% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20100423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '15 at 14:06
Run Duration	406 Seconds
Run User	IRQ-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 55.2 2-Core 87.9 34% 71.6 Pts	4-Core 154 8-Core 233 24% 194 Pts	64-Core 241 15% 241 Pts
Poor: 30% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 153 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Dell(1028 043A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.7000 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 7.12 8% 8.58 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 11 7% 8.23 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.81% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 933GB free Firmware: 0143 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 25.2 Mixed 28.7 22% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.35 101% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 67%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: D005 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29806156 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1572 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 13304031780 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1565 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 40 314305871917 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 114 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 390964 (C2) HDA temperature 45 60 25769803821 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 35 29806156 (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 -94102733440555 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2831246791 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2966549192 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	45.1% Average	Read 72.5 Write 84.6 Mixed 65.3 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.32 76% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 58%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 007a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 4.13 Mixed 5.38 10% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.09 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 15% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 8%
SAMSUNG HM100UI 1TB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2GB free, PID 0571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 27.7 Write 21.3 Mixed 19.1 28% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.3 32% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 18%

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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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Total price: $248

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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