Alienware m17

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.71% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	211% 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 (13%). 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	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '19 at 06:31
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 206 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 741 66% 558 Pts	64-Core 940 58% 940 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 08A2) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6577 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.71% Terrible	Lighting 7.03 Reflection 101 Parallax 6.88 6% 38.3 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 13.4 9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.71% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1066 561 1037 678 436 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,759 Write 1,020 Mixed 1,280 SusWrite 702 265% 1,190 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 53.7 177% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,042 DQ Write 887 DQ Mixed 749 620% 893 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 216%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 850GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 117 125 122 123 122 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 42.3 Write 43.3 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 122 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 70%

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 below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.3% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 19.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.3% 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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware m17

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	202x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	151x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	24x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	196x
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	18x
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 $274	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 $184	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