Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '21 at 01:23
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$150 592 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 47.5 2-Core 170 61% 103 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 311 36% 280 Pts	64-Core 319 20% 319 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290X 1,411 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Dell(1028 043A) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.2.2 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 24 19% 27.3 fps	MRender 14.8 Gravity 14.3 Splatting 11.2 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 27%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$104 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 847GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 220 221 220 221 221 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.1% Above average	Read 234 Write 218 Mixed 213 SusWrite 220 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 21.1 69% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 176 133% 176 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 137%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 324GB free Firmware: D005SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 98 99 99 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 96.3 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 97.8 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF160B.M16 2x8GB 9,135 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.4% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.4 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 60%

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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 M17x Builds (Compare 86 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

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Desktop 52%

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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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Total price: $248

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16