Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 62.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 14:32
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 66.8 2-Core 133 58% 94.3 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 336 35% 281 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 675M 994 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9077 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 3.53 10% 9.67 fps	MRender 17.2 Gravity 13.7 Splatting 14.8 12% 15.3 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 128GB 663 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^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 96 96 15945 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5508 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 83 83 588 (B2) Unknown 94 94 88 (B3) Unknown 95 95 148 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3116 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 94 94 1544 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38327695160 (F2) Unknown 99 99 38493254830	40.8% Average	Read 259 Write 214 Mixed 242 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 30.8 4K Mixed 9.9 52% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 16.7 DQ Write 67.6 DQ Mixed 9.35 17% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 68%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 572GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 171 991 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9435 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5462 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 3631 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 426706 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 89 89 8272 (F1) Unknown 200 200 38035658334 (F2) Unknown 200 200 81869497294 (FE) Unknown 191 191 9	67.7% Good	Read 115 Write 120 Mixed 111 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.28 102% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 4x4GB 881 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 13.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 58%

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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 $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) $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