Alienware m17

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.06% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	Alienware m17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01F1MV
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220316
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '22 at 18:17
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 88.4 2-Core 190 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 520 53% 428 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 08A2) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8935 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	5.06% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 56 Parallax 7.3 5% 23.2 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 8.8 Splatting 0.1 5% 6.67 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.06% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC401 SK hy 256GB 1,712 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 303 294 309 305 318 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 923 Write 666 Mixed 400 SusWrite 303 127% 573 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 27.9 139% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 545 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 278 246% 375 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 164%
ST1000LX015-1U7172 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 954GB free Firmware: 90000122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 338 359 365 338 326 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 413 Write 376 Mixed 364 SusWrite 346 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 26.7 92% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 289 222% 304 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GB 20,439 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.1 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 90%

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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 m17 Builds (Compare 381 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware m17

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	202x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	150x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	24x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	195x
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	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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