Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.85% 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	25.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '20 at 17:39
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 920-$90 998 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 80.8 2-Core 153 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 289 32% 254 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 153 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Dell(1028 043A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	7.85% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 7.16 8% 8.61 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 11.1 7% 8.26 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.85% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ALIEN 240GB 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 37 38 35 32 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.6% Poor	Read 260 Write 36.1 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 35 22% 103 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 6.3 36% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 81 DQ Write 36.8 DQ Mixed 44.6 37% 54.1 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273BH1-CH9 2x4GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	41.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 12.9 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.8 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 50%

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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 $30Bench 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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Total price: $250

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16