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Alienware M17x

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.96% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100824
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '22 at 19:54
Run Duration	357 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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, turbo 2.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Memory 92.1 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 127 62% 97.5 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 222 23% 185 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 62%

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. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	8.96% Terrible	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 10.7 10% 11.4 fps	MRender 9.4 Gravity 9.5 Splatting 7.9 7% 8.93 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.96% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$32 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 58 64 62 69 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 68.3 Write 68 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 64.1 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 43%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$80 4,559 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 448GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 98 101 101 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 99.4 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 99.3 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.3% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 13.3 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 11.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 51%

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Typical M17x Builds (Compare 86 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $30Bench 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $82
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370