Alienware m17

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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!
ProcessorWith 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics78% 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 Drive158% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware m17  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01F1MV
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191025
Uptime5.1 Days
Run DateJan 24 '20 at 20:18
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
Memory 93.9
1-Core 125
2-Core 248
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 498
8-Core 733
77% 615 Pts
64-Core 980
61% 980 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 86%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 08A2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
78% Very good
Lighting 95.4
Reflection 106
Parallax 102
78% 101 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 84.6
Splatting 79.8
78% 98.7 fps
Poor: 49%
This bench: 78%
Great: 83%
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 08A2) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.68% Terrible
Lighting 8.2
Reflection 100
Parallax 7.84
7% 38.8 fps
MRender 13.4
Gravity 6.63
Splatting 14.3
10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.68%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 305 288 226 226 229 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
158% Outstanding
Read 1,194
Write 605
Mixed 1,026
SusWrite 272
172% 774 MB/s
4K Read 46.4
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 60
203% 70.8 MB/s
DQ Read 602
DQ Write 764
DQ Mixed 449
404% 605 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 158%
Great: 167%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116
814GB free
Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1346 1211 1492 1392 1516 1475 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
277% Outstanding
Read 1,355
Write 1,410
Mixed 1,247
SusWrite 1,405
306% 1,354 MB/s
4K Read 63.5
4K Write 152
4K Mixed 89.8
292% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 1,082
DQ Write 963
DQ Mixed 1,041
776% 1,029 MB/s
Poor: 158%
This bench: 277%
Great: 355%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56
925GB free
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 127 126 131 131 131 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
74.7% Very good
Read 130
Write 7.2
Mixed 52
SusWrite 128
58% 79.3 MB/s
4K Read 5
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 2.5
566% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
MC Read 31.7
MC Write 29.7
MC Mixed 22.9
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 31.3
SC Mixed 26.1
72% 25.2 GB/s
Latency 60
67% 60 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical m17 Builds (Compare 382 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware m17

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $46
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