Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.7% 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	54% 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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 11:31
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3610QM-$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 (89^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 87.6 2-Core 170 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 431 45% 360 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 675M 994 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Dell(1028 057B) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 296.39 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 13.3 6% 12.4 fps	MRender 20 Gravity 120 Splatting 16.5 40% 52.1 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z331 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 23 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (A5) Unknown 100 100 107379753030 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 40 257698037805 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 98785361943 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 295 (EA) Unknown 100 100 649 (F1) Unknown 253 253 468 (F2) Unknown 253 253 290 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	54% Above average	Read 483 Write 210 Mixed 449 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 6.5 53% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 3.76 48% 104 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 86%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2012)-$79 15,506 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 466GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 153 1300 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3204 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3184 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 256 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27427 (C2) HDA temperature 107 90 36 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 1319 (F1) Unknown 200 200 11579019047 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6843642828 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	65.7% Good	Read 110 Write 119 Mixed 109 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6MFR8C-PB 4x8GB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.4% 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 $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 $134	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) $39	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