Alienware m17

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.2% 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	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware m17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GW6VK
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190605
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 04:43
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 728 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 847 52% 847 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.4% 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 Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4141 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 107 Parallax 110 85% 107 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 90.3 86% 107 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 10,182 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 77 37 36 64 122 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37% Below average	Read 164 Write 45.7 Mixed 105 SusWrite 71 21% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 10.5 51% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 397 DQ Write 93 DQ Mixed 133 127% 208 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 215%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 887GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 128 129 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 128 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.8 377% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 70%

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 below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 23.1 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.9% 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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Typical m17 Builds (Compare 383 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

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 $92Bench 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 $178	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