Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.65% 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	45% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110117
Uptime	24.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 18:44
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 X 940-$79 592 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 66.7 1-Core 81.7 2-Core 133 56% 93.9 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 279 31% 242 Pts	64-Core 218 14% 218 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M 134 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 043A) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	5.65% Terrible	Lighting 7.83 Reflection 7 Parallax 2.75 6% 5.86 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 5.17 4% 5.14 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.65% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SH920 2.5 256GB 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1010BL00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 212 184 187 213 214 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45% Average	Read 224 Write 213 Mixed 199 SusWrite 201 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 29.9 4K Mixed 14.5 53% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 154 120% 164 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 91%
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 2.5" 640GB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 596GB free Firmware: 2AK10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 48 91 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 85 Write 33 Mixed 38 SusWrite 72.7 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GB 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 10 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 51%

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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 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

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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Value: 50% - Above average

Total price: $248

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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