Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 41.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	1.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110304
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '19 at 15:46
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo P8700-$42 7,366 User benchmarks, average bench 37% Socket 479, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	41.8% Average	Memory 72.6 1-Core 35.2 2-Core 71.4 40% 59.7 Pts	4-Core 67.3 8-Core 68.3 9% 67.8 Pts	64-Core 68 4% 68 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9400M G 140 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 02A1) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.93% Terrible	Lighting 0.97 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 0.22 1% 0.9 fps	MRender 2.33 Gravity 0.63 Splatting 1.52 1% 1.5 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.93% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 174 171 173 176 178 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.8% Below average	Read 196 Write 174 Mixed 181 SusWrite 171 41% 181 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 7.8 26% 8.13 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 120 97% 136 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 96%
WD WD2500BJKT-75F4T0 250GB 689 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 225GB free Firmware: 11.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 65 67 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 82.9 Write 69.5 Mixed 46.6 SusWrite 66.3 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM 15h Reserved Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	18% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 5.2 16% 5.57 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 5 14% 4.93 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 44%

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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%

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 $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 $40	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