Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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.
ProcessorWith 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.
Graphics9.88% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware M17xR4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware M17xR4
Memory19.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20180528
Uptime10.7 Days
Run DateJul 08 '19 at 23:12
Run Duration103 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing below expectations (37th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820QM-$275
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
70.9% Very good
Memory 84.6
1-Core 95.8
2-Core 186
71% 122 Pts
4-Core 313
8-Core 428
47% 370 Pts
64-Core 425
26% 425 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 75%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M
Dell(1028 057B) 2GB
CLim: 758 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 425.31
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
9.88% Terrible
Lighting 4.63
Reflection 21.5
Parallax 28.9
4% 18.3 fps
MRender 29.2
Gravity 29
Splatting 23
22% 27.1 fps
Poor: 13%
This bench: 9.88%
Great: 31%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
881GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 122 124 128 128 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
68.8% Good
Read 118
Write 119
Mixed 41.2
SusWrite 121
73% 99.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
177% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 68.8%
Great: 213%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GS6MFR8C-PB 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
54.4% Above average
MC Read 20.6
MC Write 19.2
MC Mixed 16.5
54% 18.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 16.5
SC Mixed 17.4
48% 16.7 GB/s
Latency 72.4
55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 54.4%
Great: 56%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M17xR4 Builds (Compare 670 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware M17xR4

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