*OFFICIAL* Alienware 17 and M17x Benchmark Thread - Part 4

actually you don't have to go in .5 increments. from the stock bclk i would normally jump to 102, set immediately, if it takes then set to permanently. then reboot go into bios again then go to 103, do the same till you reach 105. then take it slow from there. i think most of these cpu can get to 107.

107.2 is stable for me, anything higher then that would crash or freeze the system after awhile.

 

LOL mine can't go past 100.1 without crashing.

 

Yeah i know for my system i just jumped to 102 but i know there are some people who cant even reach 101 so i thought it better to tell hm to go in small increments. Damn. 107 is really good. I cant get above 105.6 thats my max the system shuts down at 106 and is unstable.

Each and every cpu is different. Some can handle more than others. Also every gpu is different too. You could end up getting higher gpu clocks than me.

I wish there was more options for overclocking the sandy bridge processors.

Oh and glad i can help. If there is anything else you need help with just let me know.

 

wow guess i was just lucking then, thought most would be able to go 105, guess i was wrong.

hey oc options really suck for these chips. if only they allow us to change the tdp and multi then that would be awesome. just too bad even a 2920 would be gimped with this bios.

 

Yeah thats what i heard. I think i remeber seeing a thread about that and they really couldnt do much to the chip because of the bios. It would be nice if dell would add the 2920 xm to the m17x. i mean i dont see why they dont

Edit: I have a quick question for anyone. And you guys should know best. im going to be buying memory tomorrow and i have 3 choices. For benchmarking/gaming i want the best performance. I can get 4gb hyperx 1866 mem, or i can get 8gb 1600 crucial memory or i can get 12 gb 1333 but i have yet to decide what will be better for benching/gaming if it even makes a differance

 

New top vantage score

AMD Radeon HD 6850M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2630QM Processor,Alienware M17xR3 score: P11780 3DMarks

 

wow great score for a 6870, congrats man!!

 

Thanks man. I think im tapped out though. I cant go higher on anyting.

 

well if your getting serious about benching then you'll need some additional external cooling. many use ac cooling, dice or in scook's case a chest freezer. lolz

 

DR650SE, where'd you get the Dice pot from? lol

 

Why does my screen flicker when I oc my gpu even a tiny amount it will still flicker dunno why I have the 1600 900 60hz

 

idk try installing the 11.7 catalyst drivers on this thread. i forgot what pagethey were on but i believe someone might remembrr then try overclocking. i think i fried my gpu. i get artifacts running across my screen even if om stock clocks. and i believe i am getting my system replaced because the rubber coating is already peeling after less than a month.

 

CodeBreaker! صديقي (My Friend) How have you been man, long time no see.

Lol, that dice pot is a life saver! Picked it up from here Ran wPrime1024 at 4.0GHz with it. It's up on HWbot.org

On another note, Here is what I've come up with so far. I've been fighting tooth and nail with the PSU, and it's been a lot of brutal rounds. At times I'm asking 280+w out of the thing. Sometimes the PSU will cause it to throttle. I had a great streak with Vantage at one point. Then the PSU quit being cooperative. Here is what I have so far.

3DMark Vantage: P 22724
GPU: 24438
CPU: 18823




3DMark11: P 7234


I've seen up to 7900 GPU score on 3DMark11, but my combined score wasn't as good so it dragged the entire score down. If I had a 330w PSU enabled bios, believe me I would be killing some records. Right now I'm going toe to toe with the PSU limits and balancing them. When the PSU pulls around 277w+ it throttles back. I have no where near touched the limits of the GPUs either.

I picked up some dry ice, don't think it will help much, but if I can get a decent run in Vantage GPU tests, the Dice should help bring up my CPU score. During the CPU test there is a max draw of around 200+W, depending on TDP. But I can max out the TDP, and still remain under the PSU load bearing capacity. Well see. Gotta let the dice sit for a while as I take care of some other real workd stuff

I WILL ALSO TRY AND GET THE LEADERBOARDS UPDATED TODAY AS WELL.

 

Nice runs man! Have you tried dicing your PSU? I doubt that it would do much but if you lower the temps on it it may give you a few extra watts to push through on it, I have to wonder if there's some sort of a circuit you could mod within the PSU itself to allow more of a power push to the computer.

 

I havn't but got some dice for it today. I'm going to try and work with TheWiz when I get some time to see what can be done with the 330w. But later today if I get time I will be dicing everything

EDIT: Do 11.7 Drivers offer anything over the 11.6? I'm running 11.6 at the moment.

 

I got a bit of a boost in Vantage, 11 didn't seem to like 11.7 quite as well for me and wouldn't give me any boost, 06 is no bueno too.

 

Got to say that made my day DR650SE, the صديقي part. Were'd you pick the language lol
It has been a long time, I didnt try overclocking in a long time, it just got way too hectic, didnt even check the threads and lots has been going on apparently.

I must say those scores look Great!! and that ln2/dice pot, is the same one i was looking at:
Koolance DIY Liquid Nitrogen Evaporator Chamber - CPU (CPU-LN2-V2) - FrozenCPU.com

Need to get back into benching especially the 920XM, all my cups are silver or bronze, a few more guys got into it i guess

I checked out the A10 moded bios, but there wasnt much of a difference for me anyways. Ended up flashing the original back.

In Boston, Massachussets, so called Dell and got the screen replaced, as well as the palm rest, LOL, got to love accidental damage warranty.

I bought a cryo LX off of Newegg, to check what the big deal was when benching the system, and TBH, it isnt that much better, but still a bit better then my old fan.

So how have things been going with you, heard you got married. Congratulations!

Now, i got to find somewhere that sells that Dice pot. Does it fit properly on the CPU or can it tip over easily?

And does anyone know what the best SSD would be, I've been seeing SATA 3 SSD's going for a higher write and read, but for the same price as soemthing with half that speed in SATA 2. So do we get all of the performance out of SATA 3 or not? And what would be better, just for boot times and benchmarks

 

Thanks, yea I've been pushing the system pretty hard. Had a few GPU replacements and a mobo replacement so far. Just refuse to give up the R2. As for the Dice pot, it sits on it as long as you can get the notebook flat, but the CPU socket is to small to mount it, so I generally just let it sit flat or hold it down on the CPU for the benchrun. Definately keeps it cold though. Max on a 4GHz wPrime 1024 run was like 24*C on two cores, and 46 on two cores.

As far as SATA 3, it's not much use in the R2, the R2 can't go that high on the speeds. Not sure what the best SSD would be, but I'm happy with the Intel X25-M. Very reliable.

Crazy, was just looking at your 15K laptop run, things have come a long way. I have a 10K pts, over the GPU score.

Oh, and for the arabic, I've taken Arabic 1-4 in College, and spent 3 years in Iraq. Though for the actual writing went with google translate

 

Same here, I'll probably stick to my current system whilst the warranty lasts.(2.5 years left). A few GPU replacements?

The Dice pot is what I'm more interested in lol. Does it help decrease the voltage needed for certain overclocks? And those are some pretty cool temps there. I think its the same two cores that heat up for me too.

I was thinking about something like mushkin or intel for the drive, but just wasn't sure though. I'll check them out later.

The scores have changed a lot! LOL in little over a year.

I kinda figured you went with Google translate or something like that, seemed kinda weird, i mean i don't even have an Arabic keyboard on any of my laptops.

Oh yeah, what about those higher frequency RAMs? like 1866MHz:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104259

 

Well the Dice pot allows you to be able to use the max 150mV of voltage so you can get the most out of the overclocking. This way it doesn't throttle.

As for the RAM, pretty much stuck at 1333MHz, the faster stuff will work in the M17x R3 or the M18x.

Here is my new top score. Ever since I started testing, one of my 6970s was acting wonky. Today it got a lot worse, so I'm getting that issue resolved, but here was my top score thus far. Once I get another 6970, I should do a lot better, at least for the CPU OC. The GPU's haven't even been pushed. I haven't flashed them yet, just used Trixx. If I can get my CPU OC to around 22K, I think I can pull of an overall score of 24K.

Codebreaker, have you heard of Throttle Stop? Thats when scores really got a boost on the CPU side of things. Especially 3DMark06. I know you do stuff over at T|I So I'm sure you have, but be interested in seeing what you can pull out of the 4870's in conjunction with throttle stop on the 920XM in 3DMark06

3DMark Vantage: P 23405
GPU: 24381
CPU: 20896

 

Yeah, I've used throttlestop on more than one occasion, its the heat being made thats killing me. The CPU gets to 90+ without OCing just playing around with throttlestop, running from a desk and a newly purchased Cryo. I cleaned out the CPU fan the other day, so not sure what it might be. or is it normal?
The 22K in 06 was using throttlestop although i did notice one of the cores throttling at the end of the run.

Hmmm, you were using an AC unit to blow air directly on the CPU, maybe i can open the one they have at the hotel LOOOL

 

@TheCodeBreaker - Yea, I would recommend using wprime 1024 and letting it run at stock voltage and TDP and adjust the heatsink screws. This will optimize surface area on the die for max heat transfer and hsould really help with temps.

LEADERBOARDS HAVE BEEN UPDATED - NICE WORK EVERYONE!

 

Thanks for the update man! Now go enjoy being a newly wed lol

 

Thanks, definately will do. Leaving tonight for my move to VA. Wife has to do all the packing and will be up to meet me in a few weeks. Starting a new job monday. So I'll only be on, on my phone till I can get cable setup. Which won't be too long

 

Nice, congrats on all the life changes, hope all of it goes well for you. Dumb question for you, what's the highest Vantage CPU score you've been able to crank out of that 940xm?

 

Highest I've had out of an XM CPU that was recorded was this.

Vantage CPU: 23382



I had one run that gave me 237?? but it crashed as I was taking the screen shot. This was with a 920XM, 940XM would probably give similiar results.

EDIT: I caculated my highest recorded GPU score 24438 with my highest recorded cpu score, 23382, and the total, if I could run them both at the same time, would have been P 24165. If I was able to use a 330w PSU, that score could be much higher because I'm not even near pushing the 6970's hard at all.

 

I'm really tempted to try two GTX 580Ms in the R2, but even with the discount (from pkhetan), it's still uber expensive. The nVidia cards definitely have the upper hand in Vantage since they scale better in SLi in it and you should be able to hit around 30K GPU (though even overclocked they might come up a bit short in 3dmark11).

The only problem might be the TDP capacity per GPU slot and the motherboard BIOS capped each slot at around 100w. The 580Ms will definitely exceed that with a minimal overclock. Aside from that, I think the M17x's heatsinks can handle the 580M's heat output...

 

That would be a very interesting test to see. Does Pkhetan have 6990's? I'd be interested in that too. On the other hand the 6970's are plenty. What is the price tag on a 580 SLI set? I have my 6970s getting RMAed because one of them has been acting a bit wonky since I got it. Yesterday it seemed to quit all together. It would shut down my system if it hit 3D clocks

If the 580's work, I wonder how far they could be overclocked. I'm pretty confident that the M17x R2 can handle the heat as well.

I didn't realize they capped the mxm slots, I know I've seen the system pull a lot of power. At least 250w+ in Just vantage GPU test alone, which do a pretty good job of not incorporating the CPU at all.

 

Well when overvolted to .92v, they can overclock to stock GTX 560ti speeds, which is pretty amazing. But at that point, it becomes a 150W TDP card. Stock volts it should get to about 760c/1500s/800m.

As far as the 6990M goes, most vendors I've talked to (outside dell) say that the retail versions should be available in 2 weeks.

 

Nice run man, just trying to find out where my CPU stacks up. The highest actual CPU score I've had was about 22,6xx.

 

dayum, 22.6k nice!!!! i'm jealous, hehehe

 

Thanks, definately spent some time with some dice that day. I think I was towards the end of my dice too. From running HWinfo I gathered that the CPU maxes out at 110w. Even when I had it set for 125w, it would only pull 110w according to HWInfo. I think if I had more voltage so that I could up the multiplier or FSB some more, I could draw more power and also get higher numbers.

 

OLES!

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 video card benchmark result - Intel Core ix,Alienware score: P18219 3DMarks

Cheers.

 

You just killed stams highscore... good run! You're still not at the limit... you'll definitely kill some more scores on the leaderboard.

Btw.: Nice bookmark

 

EHahahah Thanks man.

Sorry Stam!

I couldn't let Vantage be the one bench I wasn't on the top 5 scores.
Just managed to get on there lol. Was my 1st bench run in a few days.
Thats enough for now.

Cheers.

I just tried another quick run but it hanged on the 1st test

I really need to look into some external cooling.
Now to source some 6990Ms

Cheers.

 

Try lowering the mem to 1150-1200 in vantage. Might help.

Dual 6990m in the r2...

 

I will update your score reborn as soon as i get internet hooked up. Just moved to another state. Cheers! And nice run!

 

It was a very old one

Sorry chief but this is a better one I have.
http://imageshack.us/f/819/vantagecfx20437.png/

Now that I have repasted I can go a bit higher than that

 

WOW nice man! 950 wowsers! Thats awesome!

Geee I didn't even have a chance to get on the board lol ehahahahha!


Cheers.

Hey man see if you can do some 3d mark 11 runs. With those clocks your sure to make like top 2 or 3 oles!


Cheers.

 

Hehe, that was back in March
Imageshack - 3dmark116054.png
sorry Chief

 

haahahah LOL

Awesome mans!
Congrats!

more more................ you must be hiding more scores LOL! ehahaha!

Cheers.

 

Hahaha, excellent scores Stam!!! Cheers!!

Though the chief hasn't pushed his cards to the limit yet... competition! Lol

 

eheeheh yep LOL!

I'm not to sure what to do about Vantage lol but the other ones I will work on it when I have more time.
Some new scores to aim for now oles!

Man where is AMD GPU 11.7 or 11.8 driver?

Cheers.

 

Here's the leaked 11.7, modded [email protected]

You need auxiliary cooling and push the voltages to the limit, then you can keep pushing the core. You should be able to get to 950 as well, maybe more... you have to test it. Don't go crazy with the memory. 1200 will be enough.

 

StamatisX, Been waiting for you to post your scores here for forever so I can put them on the boards! Finally! lol I'll update as soon as I get internet established.

Chief, you can do it! Just keep it cool. Look at the clocks I achieved keeping them cold! I'd have to post the pic again, but it was 1010/1300 or 1310. and yup, thats 1010 on the core, and I think I could have gone a tad bit higher, but ran out of dice Overall score was 21721 or something like that.

 

I don't know how you managed to keep the PSU working with those clocks... mine is tripping like crazy...

 

I just try some benchmarks with my new M17x R3, i7 2820 6990m 4gb ram.
20700 with 3dmarks 06 and P13980 @ stock.

 

I know I don't have an M17x, only the small brother, but I post this anyway, might interest bench master DR650SE :



Cheers!

 

Are those clocks stable in the 3d benchmarks? That's pretty insane!

 

Yes, dead stable in vantage, had no crash with a multi of 30x and and standard baseclock.

Though I have some issues with my GPU clock which are unsolved so far, that's why I only run the CPU test... actually I was hoping to beat 16k vantage... didn't work out. Have to find the problem first.