Alienware m17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	129% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware m17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 03R2RY
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210909
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '21 at 11:18
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 604 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 08A2) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 6.5 Reflection 102 Parallax 7.6 5% 38.6 fps	Gravity 6.5 Splatting 0.1 2% 3.3 fps
Poor: 4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 128 153 174 202 224 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 1,461 Write 55.1 Mixed 127 SusWrite 160 95% 451 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 40.6 128% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 838 DQ Write 71.2 DQ Mixed 137 180% 349 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 216%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 510GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 44 49 45 68 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 15.5 Write 2 Mixed 35 SusWrite 59.3 21% 28 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.3 353% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GB 13,906 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 20.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 83%

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Alienware m17

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	202x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	150x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	24x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	195x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 10,818 samples	87x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	71x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	33x
PC401 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 145%, 2,079 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	15x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	79x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples	48x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,839 samples	41x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $46

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $185	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