Alienware m17

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	201% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware m17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 03R2RY
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '19 at 06:59
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 821 79% 651 Pts	64-Core 1,030 64% 1,030 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q) 10,818 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Dell(1028 08A2) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1935 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 110 Parallax 98.6 88% 105 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 87.1 86% 109 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC401 SK hy 512GB 2,079 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80006E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 756 602 604 604 604 608 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,525 Write 862 Mixed 1,285 SusWrite 630 240% 1,075 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 59.7 194% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 941 DQ Write 932 DQ Mixed 821 649% 898 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 194%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 349GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 301 300 300 299 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 449 Mixed 434 SusWrite 324 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 45.1 154% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 344 260% 348 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 129%
Liteon CA3-8D512 512GB 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 380GB free Firmware: C490903 SusWrite @10s intervals: 740 472 502 503 503 502 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,591 Write 1,290 Mixed 1,198 SusWrite 537 258% 1,154 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 39.2 186% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,136 DQ Write 950 DQ Mixed 871 699% 986 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 228%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 18,486 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 22.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 84%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Alienware m17

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	204x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	152x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	24x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	198x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 10,818 samples	88x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	71x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $37Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	33x
PC401 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 145%, 2,079 samples	19x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	15x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	79x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples	48x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,839 samples	41x

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Value: 68% - Good

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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16