Alienware m17

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.7% 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	119% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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	13 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190605
Uptime	15.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '19 at 09:45
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 100 2-Core 163 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 459 48% 385 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.4% 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 CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 88.9 Reflection 99.7 Parallax 91.5 72% 93.4 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 87.3 82% 102 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 222GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 81 124 188 251 318 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 1,417 Write 71.3 Mixed 127 SusWrite 168 95% 446 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 36 118% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 633 DQ Write 62 DQ Mixed 115 143% 270 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 216%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 93GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 399 406 416 425 364 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 150 Mixed 394 SusWrite 396 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 39.6 131% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 293 234% 328 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GB 20,439 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 18.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 90%

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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%

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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 $295	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