Alienware m17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	187% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware m17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 027P0C
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '20 at 18:15
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-8950HK 14,729 User benchmarks, average bench 74% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 71.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 217 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 462 57% 437 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 407GB free Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1015 1138 1139 1140 1088 1114 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,002 Write 973 Mixed 660 SusWrite 1,106 211% 935 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 36.6 121% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 927 DQ Write 569 DQ Mixed 551 464% 682 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 248%
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1184 1303 1306 1304 1270 1284 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 980 Write 975 Mixed 678 SusWrite 1,275 221% 977 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 36.3 121% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 901 DQ Write 555 DQ Mixed 550 458% 669 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 248%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 2x16GB 3,590 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 19.4 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 98.6 41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 89%

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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 382 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $76Bench 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 $275	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) $35	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