Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 22% Surfboard	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 20.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	2.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.3% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 014M8C
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '16 at 00:19
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 Q 820-$119 2,269 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.75 GHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Memory 32.5 1-Core 17.9 2-Core 27.6 18% 26 Pts	4-Core 44.6 8-Core 63.1 7% 53.8 Pts	64-Core 64 4% 64 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 62%

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. 8.970.100.7000 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.71% Terrible	Lighting 3.1 Reflection 3.65 Parallax 3.03 2% 3.26 fps	MRender 2.9 Gravity 3.6 Splatting 4.43 3% 3.65 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 2.71% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5201955 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 65103114272790 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 7 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 42 90197065754 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 90197065754 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5201955 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5201955 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5201955 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94489280512 (E9) Unknown 0 0 96 (EA) Unknown 0 0 134 (F1) Unknown 0 0 134 (F2) Unknown 0 0 146 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	37.3% Below average	Read 247 Write 209 Mixed 226 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 9.83 36% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 97.3 DQ Write 71 DQ Mixed 35.3 40% 67.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 65%
Apple HDD HTS547550A9E 500GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 411GB free Firmware: JE3A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 166 166 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4916 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 1511828488305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 104463 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 231929085976 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 97 97 524296 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 71 71 7452	47.5% Average	Read 82.5 Write 82.9 Mixed 80.5 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.18 60% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99U5428-018.A00LF 1x8GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	MC Read 5.3 MC Write 4.8 MC Mixed 6.8 16% 5.63 GB/s	SC Read 2.4 SC Write 2.5 SC Mixed 2.2 7% 2.37 GB/s	Latency 241 17% 241 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 32%

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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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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 $40	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