Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.1% 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	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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	21.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '16 at 02:41
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 207 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 514 59% 458 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 057B) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5900 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Lighting 24.7 Reflection 22.9 Parallax 27.9 20% 25.2 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 23.1 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 30GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5118 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1293 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 167 (B2) Unknown 93 93 26 (B3) Unknown 94 94 44 (B4) Unknown 94 94 772 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 93 93 382 (F1) Unknown 99 99 176027719 (F2) Unknown 99 99 306847349	34.9% Below average	Read 255 Write 85.6 Mixed 131 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 25.2 4K Mixed 11.1 50% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 32.4 DQ Mixed 28.1 40% 79 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 44%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 889GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 2041 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1474 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1271 (BF) G-sense error rate 38 38 62 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 158 158 127537 (C2) HDA temperature 113 92 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 94 94 4637 (F1) Unknown 200 200 19376695529 (F2) Unknown 200 200 24935573306 (FE) Unknown 191 191 9	61.4% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 92.1 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 3x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 55%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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