Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 12% 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	10.9 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 19:02
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i7-3610QM-$300 38,575 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 176 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 434 47% 372 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7970M 939 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 19.4 21% 19.8 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 13.4 Splatting 17.1 12% 14.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 781GB free (System drive) Firmware: JA0O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 208 208 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 948 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 929 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 56606 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 206159020069 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	55.8% Above average	Read 95.4 Write 99.1 Mixed 90.6 72% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 57%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 465GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160006728 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20594276 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4093 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 40 400122314793 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 113991 (C2) HDA temperature 41 60 25769803817 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 160006728 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -78658031056733 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1631014240 (F2) Unknown 100 253 725447677	56.8% Above average	Read 110 Write 88.8 Mixed 83.4 70% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.27 64% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 071A 1TB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 509GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 34.2 Write 34.6 Mixed 32.5 44% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.13 42% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M473B5273DH0-YK0 M471B5773DH0-CK0 M473B5273DH0-YK0 Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 14GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.8% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 56%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware M17xR4

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	242x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	139x
Core i7-3740QMIntel $220Bench 64%, 14,369 samples	77x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	355x
GTX 660MNvidiaBench 7%, 7,381 samples	83x
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	16x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	40x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	19x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	19x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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