Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.1% 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	17% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110729
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 17:59
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2820QM-$230 4,929 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 83.2 1-Core 50.3 2-Core 74 48% 69.2 Pts	4-Core 99.9 8-Core 290 22% 195 Pts	64-Core 104 6% 104 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M 434 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Dell(1028 0490) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 344.11 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 13.7 12% 15.6 fps	MRender 20.4 Gravity 16.1 Splatting 16.6 14% 17.7 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung PB22-JS3 FDE 2.5" 256GB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: VBM9 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11559 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3758 (AF) Unknown 99 99 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 392 (B2) Unknown 68 68 40 (B3) Unknown 92 92 571 (B4) Unknown 92 92 7365 (B5) Unknown 99 99 3 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 68 68 84 (E9) Unknown 92 92 327047349	17% Very poor	Read 162 Write 31 Mixed 23.1 15% 72 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 1.37 32% 7.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 31%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 287GB free Firmware: JA0O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 163 163 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3214 (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 92 92 3651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1226 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 53323 (C2) HDA temperature 120 120 257698627634 (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 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	34.1% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 58.3 Mixed 56.7 44% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 4x4GB 326 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 13.9 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 7%

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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 $100Bench 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 $178	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