Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.8% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 22:39
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 X 940-$150 592 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 165 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 307 37% 284 Pts	64-Core 309 19% 309 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290X 1,411 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Dell(1028 043A) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 35.4 21% 30.5 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 26.4 Splatting 35.8 25% 29.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 27%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 100 101 98 101 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 152 Write 116 Mixed 127 SusWrite 100 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 18.1 71% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 92 80% 118 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 61%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 464GB free Firmware: GG2OAC90 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 100 100 100 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 100 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 99.7 61% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BC1339.M16F 2x4GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	43.8% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 13.3 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 51%

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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%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16