Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 43.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.7% 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	37.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110304
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 12:34
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Extreme Q9300-$172 660 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 479, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Memory 68.7 1-Core 29.3 2-Core 61.7 36% 53.2 Pts	4-Core 115 8-Core 104 15% 110 Pts	64-Core 110 7% 110 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M 161 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 02A1) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 16.6 Reflection 8.08 Parallax 3.47 14% 9.38 fps	MRender 6.95 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 5.39 5% 6.33 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10129415 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 106489419139144 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 478 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 69 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 41 51 60132884521 (C2) HDA temperature 41 51 60132884521 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10129415 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10129415 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10129415 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 90194313217 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2787 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1697 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1697 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2370 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3670052	37.9% Below average	Read 245 Write 127 Mixed 158 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 8.31 58% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 82 DQ Write 76.4 DQ Mixed 34.3 38% 64.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 73%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 114GB free Firmware: AX00 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1074 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4798 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 19245 (0A) Spinup retry count 195 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3829 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 780 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 210274 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231928496165 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 21 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 69 69 12656 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 250 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	46.2% Average	Read 82.9 Write 78.2 Mixed 71.2 58% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.17 57% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 62%

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 (7^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5.2 MC Mixed 4.9 15% 5.3 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 4.7 12% 4.33 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 65%

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

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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