Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 21% Surfboard	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 18.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	3% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	28% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '21 at 09:34
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Memory 25.7 1-Core 20.3 2-Core 36.3 17% 27.4 Pts	4-Core 58.4 8-Core 79.5 9% 68.9 Pts	64-Core 87.4 5% 87.4 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 18.1% 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 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 4 Parallax 3.7 3% 3.83 fps	MRender 3 Gravity 3.7 Splatting 3.5 3% 3.4 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 3% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS060G32MNB-2000A 60GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10103L00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 94 134 130 141 137 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28% Poor	Read 179 Write 144 Mixed 149 SusWrite 123 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 8.4 30% 9.73 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 78.5 DQ Mixed 100 74% 96.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 74%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050V 500GB 5,167 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 466GB free Firmware: AX0U1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 87 105 104 107 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 41.6 SusWrite 98.2 62% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6AFR8C-H9 2x4GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	17.6% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5.2 MC Mixed 9.1 19% 6.7 GB/s	SC Read 3.1 SC Write 3.2 SC Mixed 3.1 9% 3.13 GB/s	Latency 281 14% 281 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	5	60	17.1"	1280 720	SEC5443

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 7%

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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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Value: 50% - Above average

Total price: $248

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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