Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.77% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 93% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 18:39
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	49%
CPU Throttled	93%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3940XM-$344 2,187 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 198 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 463 54% 420 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8165 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	8.77% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 23.2 Parallax 18.9 3% 15.2 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 20.1 Splatting 25.4 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 8.77% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 494GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3921 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 175 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 51 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21517423839
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 53GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 2133 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9406 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2649 (BF) G-sense error rate 82 82 18 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 502609 (C2) HDA temperature 115 83 32 (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 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1830 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9490913749 (F2) Unknown 200 200 14573153430 (FE) Unknown 180 180 20	41.8% Average	Read 49.2 Write 96.2 Mixed 55.1 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.23 70% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 433 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 17.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 59%

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Typical M17xR4 Builds (Compare 670 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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