Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130131
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '19 at 12:19
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3720QM-$100 9,911 User benchmarks, average bench 65% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 181 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 473 47% 385 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 675M 994 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Dell(1028 057B) 2GB CLim: 620 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 11.9 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 9.09 10% 10.9 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 15.9 12% 13.8 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 230 214 211 206 204 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.2% Good	Read 250 Write 235 Mixed 221 SusWrite 204 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 29.2 95% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 199 150% 200 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 118%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 824GB free Firmware: AX002D SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 113 113 113 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 108 65% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 1,421 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.4% 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	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 $86Bench 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 $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