Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.4% 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	48.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110304
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '18 at 17:36
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Memory 78.2 1-Core 53.8 2-Core 107 50% 79.6 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 213 28% 213 Pts	64-Core 211 13% 211 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M 134 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 02A1) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 8.38 Parallax 3.28 15% 9.87 fps	MRender 7.48 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 5.48 5% 6.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (12^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 28672 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15747 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1646 (AA) Unknown 100 100 7 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 66 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 364 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1464590401776 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (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 34 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (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	48.2% Average	Read 263 Write 212 Mixed 183 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 5.41 64% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 5.72 46% 107 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 74%
Toshiba MK5061GSY 500GB-$57 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: MC001D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2246 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 1206515 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4169 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 18 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 31277 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 249108889631 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 63894952 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 155440911 (F0) Head flying hours 55 55 1088852 (F1) Unknown 100 100 28888310183 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15404583265 (FE) Unknown 100 100 24	53.7% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 93.6 Mixed 56.7 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.35 95% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 56%

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 below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 5.3 16% 5.63 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 5.4 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 84 48% 84 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical M17x Builds (Compare 86 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $25Bench 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: 51% - Above average

Total price: $245

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 $184	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) $35	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