Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.2% 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	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	29.4 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	Oct 03 '17 at 13:28
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 213 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 504 40% 355 Pts	64-Core 264 16% 264 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.5% 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: 353.62 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 21.4 Reflection 22.9 Parallax 27.8 17% 24 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 23 20% 24.5 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 56 55 193274773548 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4422	65% Good	Read 503 Write 342 Mixed 356 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 27.9 4K Mixed 8.81 48% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 46.3 82% 164 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 95%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 451GB free Firmware: SD28 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161960251 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2195 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 412059050 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16983 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2173 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 46 41 1134780284982 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28485 (C2) HDA temperature 54 59 55834574902 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 30 161960251 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.8% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 85.6 Mixed 68.9 63% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 58%

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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.1% 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	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