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 (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware m17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 03R2RY
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 16:18
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 200 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 607 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.4% 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. 27.21.14.5730 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 108 Reflection 108 Parallax 110 88% 109 fps	Gravity 94 Splatting 89.2 81% 91.6 fps
Poor: 52% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC401 SK hy 256GB 1,712 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 155 310 180 162 259 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	71.2% Very good	Read 86.3 Write 113 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 190 27% 118 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 35.2 142% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 464 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 147 144% 241 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 164%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 194GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 53 60 60 57 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 68.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 52.4 39% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 18,486 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.4 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.6% 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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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 11%

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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 $95Bench 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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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