Alienware m17

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.66% 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	214% 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware m17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 03R2RY
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191025
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 12:43
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 771 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 919 57% 919 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 91.4% 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. 26.20.100.6999 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.66% Terrible	Lighting 6.77 Reflection 108 Parallax 7.31 6% 40.8 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 6.13 Splatting 15.1 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 510 287 321 314 316 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2,200 Write 1,334 Mixed 1,148 SusWrite 341 278% 1,256 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 67.5 223% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 933 DQ Write 683 DQ Mixed 360 390% 659 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 255%
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 50GB free Firmware: EXD72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2224 Write 1,242 Mixed 1,106 335% 1,524 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 72.3 243% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 981 DQ Write 799 DQ Mixed 937 689% 906 MB/s
Poor: 110% 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 22.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 27.5 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.3% 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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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Alienware m17

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	204x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	152x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	24x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	198x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 10,818 samples	88x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	71x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $37Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $37

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16