Alienware M17x

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 34% Sail boat	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 42.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.96% 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110304
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '18 at 20:06
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	42.4% Average	Memory 67.4 1-Core 28.7 2-Core 49.4 35% 48.5 Pts	4-Core 110 8-Core 75.3 13% 92.8 Pts	64-Core 85.7 5% 85.7 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9400M G 140 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 02A1) 256MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.17.12.5738 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.96% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 1.96 Parallax 0.34 1% 1.1 fps	MRender 2.33 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 1.57 1% 1.52 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.96% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 500GB 7,947 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: PC4OC70E SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.6 8.4 15 18 20 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	6.36% Terrible	Read 7.7 Write 11.5 Mixed 8 SusWrite 14.5 8% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 13% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 6.36% 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 below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	15.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.2 MC Write 4.7 MC Mixed 4.7 14% 4.87 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 4.3 13% 4.53 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.9% 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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16