Alienware Alienware M17

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Alienware M17 (all builds)
Motherboard	alienware alienware
Memory	2.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20081014
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 21:27
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9100 168 User benchmarks, average bench 44% U2E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Memory 71.1 1-Core 32 2-Core 35.8 35% 46.3 Pts	4-Core 124 8-Core 127 17% 126 Pts	64-Core 127 8% 127 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870-X2 (Crossfire Disabled) 142 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(161F 207A) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	4.5% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 2 4% 4.43 fps	MRender 6.43 Gravity 2.9 Splatting 11.9 6% 7.08 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.5% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1273 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 656 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2521154912704 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 82 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 73 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	31.2% Below average	Read 181 Write 116 Mixed 142 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 6.7 54% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.5 DQ Write 46.8 DQ Mixed 6.79 13% 24 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 74%
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 24GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4013 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1097 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 62179 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 12433 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 3 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2436722817 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	27.8% Poor	Read 183 Write 42.2 Mixed 66.1 21% 97 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 6.15 58% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 41.9 DQ Mixed 5.48 12% 23.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	19.2% Very poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 5.5 17% 5.97 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 5.8 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 98.9 40% 98.9 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 44%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware Alienware M17

CPU
Core2 Duo P8400Intel $20Bench 37%, 6,904 samples	3x
Core2 Duo P9700IntelBench 40%, 485 samples	1x
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	1x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 3870-X2 (Crossfire Disabled)ATIBench 5%, 142 samples	8x
Mobility Radeon HD 3870ATIBench 5%, 11 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	1x
SD8TB8U256G1001 256GBSandiskBench 73%, 4,613 samples	1x
320 Series 300GBIntel $289Bench 46%, 2,154 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	3x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	3x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	2x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $55

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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