Alienware Alienware M17

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.34% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Alienware M17 (all builds)
Motherboard	alienware alienware
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '21 at 22:17
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Extreme Q9300-$172 660 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U2E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	45% Average	Memory 74.1 1-Core 34.8 2-Core 57 39% 55.3 Pts	4-Core 88.8 8-Core 144 14% 116 Pts	64-Core 144 9% 144 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870-X2 (Crossfire Disabled) 142 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(161F 207A) 512MB Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	4.34% Terrible	Lighting 4.9 Reflection 8.3 Parallax 2 4% 5.07 fps	MRender 6.6 Gravity 3 Splatting 8.1 5% 5.9 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.34% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8TB8U256G1001 256GB 4,613 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 169 167 179 195 197 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.3% Average	Read 132 Write 71.1 Mixed 138 SusWrite 172 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 29.5 100% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 78.3 DQ Mixed 36 33% 48.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 92%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 250GB 1,518 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 91GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.1 16 13 14 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 17.8 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 13.6 26% 20.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.4 108% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 5.5 17% 6 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6.2 17% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 44%

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

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Typical Alienware M17 Builds (Compare 9 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware Alienware M17

CPU
Core2 Duo P8400Intel $20Bench 37%, 6,904 samples	3x
Core2 Duo P9700IntelBench 40%, 485 samples	1x
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	1x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 3870-X2 (Crossfire Disabled)ATIBench 5%, 142 samples	8x
Mobility Radeon HD 3870ATIBench 5%, 11 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	1x
SD8TB8U256G1001 256GBSandiskBench 73%, 4,613 samples	1x
320 Series 300GBIntel $289Bench 46%, 2,154 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	3x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	3x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	2x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $55

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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