Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.8% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '16 at 21:02
Run Duration	96 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2760QM-$130 10,423 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 90 1-Core 31.8 2-Core 87.4 47% 69.7 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 360 40% 317 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Mobile Intel HD Graphics 202 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 04BA) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.800.6.0 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	1.08% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 1.96 Parallax 0.84 1% 1.34 fps	MRender 1.67 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 2.17 1% 1.5 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.08% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 99 99 196 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 248 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 50 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 743811796	64.8% Good	Read 268 Write 204 Mixed 218 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 32.6 109% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 70.5 81% 140 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown V01L3SF8GB52852816 2x8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 16.9 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 58%

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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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Typical M17xR3 Builds (Compare 275 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M17xR3

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	70x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	65x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	45x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	67x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	61x
GeForce GTX 580MNvidiaBench 13%, 434 samples	45x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	10x
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 51%, 254 samples	9x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 44%, 326 samples	8x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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