Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 38.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '18 at 15:39
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2630QM-$199 39,605 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Memory 63.8 1-Core 16.9 2-Core 42.2 30% 41 Pts	4-Core 72.6 8-Core 106 11% 89.6 Pts	64-Core 107 7% 107 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M 434 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Dell(1028 0490) 2GB CLim: 620 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.62% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 2.08 Parallax 0.75 2% 1.54 fps	MRender 2.57 Gravity 1.83 Splatting 2.57 2% 2.32 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 1.62% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 40 88 94 75 93 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.1% Poor	Read 90.8 Write 203 Mixed 176 SusWrite 84.3 32% 139 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 10.3 45% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 22.5 41% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Momentus Thin 7200 2.5" 320GB-$29 12,279 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 255GB free Firmware: 0001DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 106 103 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 79.7 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 105 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-063.A00LF 2x8GB 1,622 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 5.6 15% 5.1 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 58%

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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 M17xR3 Builds (Compare 275 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $94Bench 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: 50% - Above average

Total price: $294

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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