Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 34% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	4.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 06:28
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (20^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 Q9000-$121 869 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 479, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2 GHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Memory 53.1 1-Core 28.3 2-Core 55.6 30% 45.7 Pts	4-Core 60.5 8-Core 100 10% 80.4 Pts	64-Core 106 7% 106 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M 1,120 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 02A1) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.17.12.5738 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	4.41% Terrible	Lighting 6.43 Reflection 7.23 Parallax 2.56 5% 5.41 fps	MRender 0.19 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 3.83 3% 3.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.41% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 113GB free Firmware: 0009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^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 6028 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6657 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 256 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 10170554320121 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 280 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 12442 (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 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	45% Average	Read 261 Write 198 Mixed 217 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 6.95 60% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 7.67 38% 85.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 74%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$60 4,559 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 170 2066 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8798 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3428 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 146105 (C2) HDA temperature 116 91 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	43.7% Average	Read 74.6 Write 77.9 Mixed 11 39% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.1 38% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM 15h Reserved Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.6 MC Write 5 MC Mixed 4.6 14% 5.07 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 2.5 SC Mixed 2.9 9% 3.03 GB/s	Latency 150 27% 150 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 65%

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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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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