Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 04:58
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (21^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	35% Below average	Memory 58.9 1-Core 18.8 2-Core 39.6 28% 39.1 Pts	4-Core 62.2 8-Core 108 10% 85.2 Pts	64-Core 107 7% 107 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% 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 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 200 135 204 206 210 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 178 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 189 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 174% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 189%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GB 885 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 13.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 5.2 14% 4.97 GB/s	Latency 131 31% 131 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 49%

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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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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	45x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $100Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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