Alienware m17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware m17  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0GW6VK
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191025
Uptime3.7 Days
Run DateJan 24 '20 at 14:51
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU 19%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Memory 93.9
1-Core 124
2-Core 206
83% 141 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 681
72% 576 Pts
64-Core 919
57% 919 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)
Dell(1028 08A2) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4166
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 107
Parallax 110
87% 108 fps
MRender 137
Gravity 95.1
Splatting 85.1
84% 106 fps
Poor: 52%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme KXG60ZNV512G NVM 512GB
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,978
Write 2,014
Mixed 1,450
404% 1,814 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 98.4
4K Mixed 56.6
184% 64.6 MB/s
DQ Read 932
DQ Write 781
DQ Mixed 870
648% 861 MB/s
Poor: 132% Great: 254%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56
922GB free
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 130 128 129 133 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
73.2% Very good
Read 124
Write 127
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 130
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 2.4
459% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
76.1% Very good
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 22.4
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 18.6
SC Mixed 23.8
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 60.1
66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical m17 Builds (Compare 382 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware m17

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $46
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