Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.34% 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.
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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 22:10
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 177 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 374 43% 335 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970M 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Dell(1028 04BA) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.851.2.0 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	7.34% Terrible	Lighting 9.9 Reflection 7.23 Parallax 8.72 8% 8.62 fps	MRender 5.57 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 8.65 6% 7.01 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.34% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,932 Write 4,569 Mixed 4,546 1,045% 4,682 MB/s	4K Read 272 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 211 782% 223 MB/s	DQ Read 668 DQ Write 548 DQ Mixed 557 431% 591 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 131%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 108 96 89 105 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 12.2 Write 1.7 Mixed 37.9 SusWrite 97.7 28% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.9 373% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KNWMX1-ETB 4x4GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.4 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 56%

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $100Bench 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: 51% - Above average

Total price: $290

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $45	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