Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	22.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20110304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 02:39
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9000-$121 869 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 479, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 71.5 1-Core 28.9 2-Core 56.1 37% 52.2 Pts	4-Core 113 8-Core 94.3 14% 103 Pts	64-Core 112 7% 112 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M 161 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 02A1) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 280.26 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	3.6% Terrible	Lighting 5.07 Reflection 2.15 Parallax 3.47 4% 3.56 fps	MRender 1.71 Gravity 6.57 Splatting 1.65 3% 3.31 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 3.6% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex PLUS R2 62GB 506 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26440 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 474 (E8) Unknown 100 100 51519 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	22.1% Poor	Read 159 Write 72.7 Mixed 94.3 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 14.4 4K Mixed 4.65 32% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 77 DQ Write 16.1 DQ Mixed 4.81 14% 32.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 27%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 111GB free Firmware: 2BA30004 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 93 87 2297 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2412 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3040 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 232 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2199 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1690674 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 613 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 68093 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 219044184100 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5013 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 2660 (F1) Unknown 97 91 4959828 (F2) Unknown 95 89 6847156 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	35.8% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 63.5 Mixed 66.4 48% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM 15h Reserved Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 5.2 16% 5.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 5.5 16% 5.5 GB/s	Latency 98.1 41% 98.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 65%

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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%

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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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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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	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