Alienware M17x

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 31% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	4.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware M17x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 12:46
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 840-$85 1,339 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.85 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	30% Below average	Memory 49 1-Core 27.3 2-Core 36.8 27% 37.7 Pts	4-Core 61.6 8-Core 95.3 10% 78.4 Pts	64-Core 95 6% 95 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 3,040 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 043A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	4.13% Terrible	Lighting 5.47 Reflection 4 Parallax 4.53 4% 4.67 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 4 Splatting 4.78 4% 4.2 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 4.13% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S400 120GB 1,721 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 236 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 2599 (A2) Unknown 100 100 0 (A3) Unknown 100 100 105 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1263048 (A5) Unknown 100 100 18 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25642 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27236	31.4% Below average	Read 255 Write 202 Mixed 223 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 7.85 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 5.18 24% 7.86 MB/s	DQ Read 8.65 DQ Write 65.5 DQ Mixed 4.86 13% 26.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 97%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 931GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 122629414 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 370 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4038486 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -101090645245710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 572522529 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4298 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 64424509473 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -136541305307031 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2010739206 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2018259541 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	68.8% Good	Read 124 Write 115 Mixed 83 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.47 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.14 107% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GB 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	25.3% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 5 13% 4.6 GB/s	Latency 164 24% 164 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 51%

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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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Total price: $248

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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