Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.6%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 5 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	18.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 11:10
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$230 4,719 User benchmarks, average bench 60% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.6% Good	SC Int 99 SC Float 102 SC Mixed 101 80% 101 Pts	QC Int 336 QC Float 335 QC Mixed 328 76% 333 Pts	MC Int 494 MC Float 507 MC Mixed 516 76% 506 Pts
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 18,242 User benchmarks, average bench 84% Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 296 Reflection 305 Parallax 313 93% 305 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 272 Splatting 235 100% 235 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 103%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$300 36,312 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4268 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 982 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 35 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 115 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27600317721
Poor: 90% Great: 135%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 1,500 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 94GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4216 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 947 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 36 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1565130774	62.1% Good	Read 268 Write 209 Mixed 217 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 31.5 98% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 87.1 88% 144 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 112%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$310 18,590 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9516 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2213 (B1) Unknown 97 97 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 33 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 178 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27221252511	79.2% Very good	Read 502 Write 343 Mixed 355 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 20.7 90% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 90.9 111% 197 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.5 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 56%

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Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 34%

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System: Alienware M17xR4

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 56%, 25,091 samples	492x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $219Bench 55%, 15,158 samples	229x
Core i7-3740QMIntel $230Bench 60%, 4,719 samples	163x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 159,123 samples	513x
Radeon HD 7970MAMDBench 26%, 519 samples	139x
GTX 660MNvidiaBench 10%, 3,435 samples	129x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 56%, 24,086 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $121Bench 113%, 217,350 samples	42x
PM830 mSATA 32GBSamsungBench 38%, 475 samples	37x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 53%, 231 samples	59x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 1,840 samples	43x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 510 samples	40x

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Total price: $462

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1070 $408	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $85
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $289	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $121
Intel Core i5-8600K $235	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $160

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $176	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $951	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $59	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $219	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12