Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	17.5% 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	43.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '17 at 11:29
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Memory 63.4 1-Core 55.8 2-Core 67.4 41% 62.2 Pts	4-Core 115 8-Core 237 21% 176 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 0580) 2GB CLim: 758 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 22.2 Parallax 32.1 17% 25 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 17.5 Splatting 22.9 19% 23.3 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9976 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 408 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1517576 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 190 190 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C2) HDA temperature 51 33 287763726385	43.8% Average	Read 470 Write 245 Mixed 168 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 6.81 4K Write 14.4 4K Mixed 6.1 26% 9.12 MB/s	DQ Read 95.3 DQ Write 3.74 DQ Mixed 24.9 24% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 90%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 63GB free Firmware: AX002D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1739 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 527491 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 716 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 19072 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 300648693809 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5446577 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 8018201 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 20521 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4153721399 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3301208371 (FE) Unknown 100 100 2	35.9% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 63.7 Mixed 58 46% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.21 51% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8C-PB 4x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.5 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 56%

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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 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	76x

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 $84Bench 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 $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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