Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	30.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 01:27
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 99 2-Core 197 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 351 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 675M 994 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Dell(1028 057B) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 307.17 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.8% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 2.04 Parallax 0.56 2% 1.47 fps	MRender 2.57 Gravity 15.9 Splatting 2.57 5% 7 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 2.8% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 365 358 358 357 357 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 390 Write 360 Mixed 271 SusWrite 361 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 13.5 47% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 154 124% 181 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 80%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 2BC10006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 111 Write 91.1 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 123 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 179% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BF160B.C16 Samsung M471B1G73BH0-CK0 Kingston HP691160-H66-MCN Samsung M471B1G73BH0-CK0 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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 $45	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