Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	41.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '19 at 11:29
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-3840QM-$280 2,929 User benchmarks, average bench 56% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	65.9% Good	1-Core 110 2-Core 218 77% 164 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 566 56% 446 Pts	64-Core 562 38% 562 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 11,292 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1262 MHz, MLim: 1452 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.0 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Lighting 157 Reflection 131 Parallax 147 41% 145 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 146 Splatting 109 42% 129 fps
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 45%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK1T0MBF 1TB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 476GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 595 76 18 496 119 219 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 101%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 64GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 27GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 165 165 166 165 165 MB/s Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.4% Average	Read 245 Write 147 Mixed 174 SusWrite 165 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 16.9 62% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 56.6 DQ Mixed 86.9 73% 109 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 59%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$40 175,353 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 546GB free Firmware: AX0P3D SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 102 102 103 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 47.8 Write 90.5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 102 44% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 1,507 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 45%

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Workstation 31%

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System: Alienware M17xR4

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 51%, 40,486 samples	729x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $219Bench 50%, 22,017 samples	398x
Core i7-3740QMIntel $230Bench 55%, 8,451 samples	223x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 276,014 samples	775x
GTX 660MNvidiaBench 9%, 4,622 samples	249x
Radeon HD 7970MAMDBench 19%, 727 samples	188x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $28Bench 58%, 50,000 samples	90x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $97Bench 113%, 414,632 samples	53x
PM830 mSATA 32GBSamsungBench 41%, 581 samples	50x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 385 samples	92x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 3,088 samples	75x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 831 samples	56x

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Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $448

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24