Alienware Alienware M17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	5.05% 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	5GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 5GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Alienware M17 (all builds)
Motherboard	alienware alienware
Memory	3 GB free of 5 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '21 at 23:33
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9000-$121 869 User benchmarks, average bench 42% U2E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 28.7 2-Core 57.4 20% 43.1 Pts	4-Core 112 8-Core 114 15% 113 Pts	64-Core 114 7% 114 Pts
Poor: 33% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870-X2 (Crossfire Disabled) 142 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(161F 207A) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	5.05% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 9.3 Parallax 2 5% 5.83 fps	MRender 6.7 Gravity 3 Splatting 8.1 5% 5.93 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.05% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 664GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001SDM5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 97 92 106 100 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 93.9 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 62%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 121 125 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 119 Write 128 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 125 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5GB 14,654 User benchmarks, average bench 18% null MHz 1024, 4096 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	14.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5.2 MC Mixed 4.5 15% 5.17 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 5.2 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 623 6% 623 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	17.1"	1280 720	LPL0000

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Typical Alienware M17 Builds (Compare 9 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware Alienware M17

CPU
Core2 Duo P8400Intel $20Bench 37%, 6,904 samples	3x
Core2 Duo P9700IntelBench 40%, 485 samples	1x
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	1x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 3870-X2 (Crossfire Disabled)ATIBench 5%, 142 samples	8x
Mobility Radeon HD 3870ATIBench 5%, 11 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	1x
SD8TB8U256G1001 256GBSandiskBench 73%, 4,613 samples	1x
320 Series 300GBIntel $289Bench 46%, 2,154 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	3x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	3x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	2x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $55

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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