Alienware m17

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.26% 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	202% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware m17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 03R2RY
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '19 at 08:19
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 745 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89% 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. 25.20.100.6471 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 7.57 Reflection 107 Parallax 7.56 6% 40.6 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 14.9 9% 11 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC401 SK hy 512GB 2,079 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80006E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 795 612 611 612 611 612 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,550 Write 1,120 Mixed 1,278 SusWrite 642 257% 1,148 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 57 189% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 936 DQ Write 937 DQ Mixed 816 646% 897 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 194%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 373GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 476 470 478 478 478 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 477 Mixed 457 SusWrite 475 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 49.8 164% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 353 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 227GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1799 888 573 571 572 572 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,972 Write 1,759 Mixed 802 SusWrite 829 299% 1,340 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 55.7 196% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,031 DQ Write 1,069 DQ Mixed 878 708% 993 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6D1 2x8GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 22.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 26.5 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 84%

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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	151x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	24x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	196x
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 $95Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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