Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 01:29
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3720QM-$100 9,911 User benchmarks, average bench 65% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 190 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 468 49% 392 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290X 1,411 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 35.4 21% 30.3 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 24.6 Splatting 35.3 24% 29 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 27%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0005 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 117319192 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3168 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 378826516 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3147 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 42 30804672555 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 114 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 438 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 3 3 195179 (C2) HDA temperature 43 58 64424509483 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 116 99 117319192 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -56856777047452 (F1) Unknown 100 253 433363119 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3304923920 (FE) Unknown 1 1 2	46% Average	Read 79 Write 81.4 Mixed 61.6 55% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.14 46% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 58%
Hitachi HCC543225A7A380 250GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 48GB free Firmware: ESBO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 209 209 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 987 (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 53 53 20607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 701 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 508 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1618 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 244814184485 (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 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	29.4% Poor	Read 45.8 Write 56.4 Mixed 57.3 40% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.27 63% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264HZ-1G6M1 2x4GB 1,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 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 $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 $295	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