Alienware m17

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware m17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 03R2RY
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190417
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 23:35
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 715 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 909 56% 909 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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. 26.21.14.3086 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 108 Parallax 110 90% 110 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 89 86% 108 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2066 Write 1,088 Mixed 1,131 314% 1,429 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 62.4 208% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 820 DQ Mixed 916 682% 905 MB/s
Poor: 110% Great: 255%
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 94GB free Firmware: EXD72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1167 296 285 282 284 285 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,073 Write 1,236 Mixed 1200 SusWrite 433 274% 1,235 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 64.8 215% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 966 DQ Write 950 DQ Mixed 951 716% 956 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 255%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GB 5,852 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 84%

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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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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

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System: Alienware m17

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	203x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	151x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	24x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	197x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 10,818 samples	87x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	71x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $46

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