Alienware M17x

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 59.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.42% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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 (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110117
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '16 at 12:35
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 Q 740-$190 13,278 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.75 GHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Memory 91.4 1-Core 57.4 2-Core 96.2 54% 81.7 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 208 23% 180 Pts	64-Core 230 14% 230 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 3,040 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 043A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.42% Terrible	Lighting 1.87 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 1.53 2% 1.59 fps	MRender 1.43 Gravity 1.37 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.47 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 1.42% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
dell 640GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 139 Write 117 Mixed 129 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.84 189% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905428-105.A00G 2x8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.1% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 10 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 40%

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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 $32Bench 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: $252

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359