Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.6% 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	65.5% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '19 at 19:29
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2920XM 906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 177 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 441 50% 389 Pts	64-Core 444 27% 444 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780M 3,739 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Dell(1028 0490) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 340.62 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 42.2 27% 36 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 223 220 221 218 220 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.5% Good	Read 231 Write 236 Mixed 229 SusWrite 219 52% 229 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 33.8 108% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 122%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 405GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 106 104 105 102 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 103 68% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 61%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: AX00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 97 97 95 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 88 Write 95 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 96.2 54% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 4x4GB 326 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 17.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 49%

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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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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 7%

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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	44x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 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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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $309

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