Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.2% 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	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110729
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 02:59
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2860QM-$469 4,317 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 80.3 2-Core 174 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 401 43% 341 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970M 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Dell(1028 0490) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.8 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 15.6 14% 15.3 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 15.9 11% 12.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: X211200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 13460 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2550 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 201 (A9) Unknown 100 100 209 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 108 (AE) Unknown 100 100 388 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 63 270583070767 (D4) Unknown 100 100 77 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 828 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 828 (F1) Unknown 253 253 27704791356 (F2) Unknown 253 253 29204244515 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	50% Above average	Read 387 Write 183 Mixed 132 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 15.2 59% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 35 51% 92.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 99%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 46GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 2041 (04) Start/Stop count 67 67 33088 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2806 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 123 123 232897 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	38.8% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 69.9 Mixed 63.2 50% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GB 885 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 15.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 49%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M17xR3

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	70x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	65x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	45x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	67x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	61x
GeForce GTX 580MNvidiaBench 13%, 434 samples	45x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	10x
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 51%, 254 samples	9x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 44%, 326 samples	8x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $309

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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