Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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	19.7% 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	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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 02:27
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3840QM-$549 3,981 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 190 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 444 48% 383 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 057B) 2GB CLim: 758 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Lighting 24.4 Reflection 22.8 Parallax 28.8 20% 25.3 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 18.8 Splatting 23.1 19% 23.9 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 90959869 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 61 30052418 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -103341208108583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 49 757071914 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 302 (C2) HDA temperature 42 51 94489280554 (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 -32431298051637 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5479244937 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3401389786 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	52.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 82.2 Mixed 67.6 62% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.44 121% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 68%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 30GB free Firmware: GH2OA420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 220 220 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2632 (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 50 50 21938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1339 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 234213 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 296352940073 (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	39.2% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 69.8 Mixed 2.42 33% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC64C8HB0NS-DI Transcend JM1600KSH-8G NT8GC64C8HB0NS-DI Transcend JM1600KSH-8G 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.2% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.8 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 55%

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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 $40	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