Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 93% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 23:57
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%
CPU Throttled	93%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3920XM 797 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 539 59% 469 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 126 Parallax 96 85% 109 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 110 85% 103 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4512 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1136 (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 52 35 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 168 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29217929428	88.1% Excellent	Read 516 Write 407 Mixed 422 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 23.9 97% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 119 137% 238 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 90GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^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 4461 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1100 (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 51 36 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 65 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1876204808	65.9% Good	Read 269 Write 209 Mixed 217 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 36.9 108% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 93 94% 152 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 128%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 74GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9756 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2367 (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 58 33 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 235 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27675278008	70.2% Very good	Read 500 Write 170 Mixed 332 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 20.1 91% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 92 120% 220 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1866 4x8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 1777 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	65.9% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.8 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 67%

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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 $86Bench 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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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 $184	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) $35	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