Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 22:08
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3840QM-$549 3,981 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Memory 64.7 1-Core 28.4 2-Core 59.6 35% 50.9 Pts	4-Core 101 8-Core 142 15% 121 Pts	64-Core 153 10% 153 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9065 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	4.06% Terrible	Lighting 4.47 Reflection 4.12 Parallax 5.97 4% 4.85 fps	MRender 6.57 Gravity 5.17 Splatting 6.09 5% 5.94 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 4.06% Great: 31%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 512GB 611 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4584 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3983 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 240 (B2) Unknown 95 95 372 (B3) Unknown 95 95 732 (B4) Unknown 95 95 15396 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 616 (E8) Unknown 95 95 7692 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48070377542 (F2) Unknown 99 99 43280826243	57.3% Above average	Read 467 Write 319 Mixed 352 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 13.9 56% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 15.6 DQ Write 81.5 DQ Mixed 44.7 36% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 4x8GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.5 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.7% 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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Typical M17xR4 Builds (Compare 670 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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