Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 37.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 00:39
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2820QM-$230 4,929 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Memory 54.5 1-Core 43.8 2-Core 70.6 36% 56.3 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 157 18% 138 Pts	64-Core 205 13% 205 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 04BA) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.87% Terrible	Lighting 1.93 Reflection 2.77 Parallax 1.53 2% 2.08 fps	MRender 2.95 Gravity 1.3 Splatting 4.17 2% 2.81 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.87% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6209 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2530 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 122 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 10793310881371 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 97 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	38.7% Below average	Read 265 Write 170 Mixed 209 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 5.18 54% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 99.1 DQ Mixed 5.82 20% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 72%
WD Black 2.5" 250GB (2010)-$50 8,525 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 232GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 132 1075 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4927 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2551 (BF) G-sense error rate 69 69 31 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29677 (C2) HDA temperature 111 87 32 (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 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 612 (F1) Unknown 200 200 3695440262 (F2) Unknown 200 200 1807385688 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	51.1% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 88.3 Mixed 87.9 67% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905428-040.A00LF 4x4GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	28% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 10.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 145 28% 145 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 51%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware M17xR3

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	70x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	65x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	45x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	67x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	61x
GeForce GTX 580MNvidiaBench 13%, 434 samples	44x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	10x
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 51%, 254 samples	9x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 44%, 326 samples	8x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $309

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