Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.4% 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 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

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System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 12:05
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 85.8 2-Core 171 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 447 48% 385 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 870M 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Dell(1028 0551) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1681 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Lighting 18.7 Reflection 19.3 Parallax 25.1 15% 21 fps	MRender 35.4 Gravity 36.3 Splatting 26.6 26% 32.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 79 82 80 77 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 387 Write 355 Mixed 333 SusWrite 98.3 66% 293 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 18.1 76% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 31 73% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 78%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 648GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 118 117 118 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 118 64% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT351S6EFR8C-PB HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 16.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 56%

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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 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	78x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16