Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	12.1% 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 Drive	The 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (84%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 49% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '20 at 03:06
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	84%
CPU Throttled	49%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Memory 55.3 1-Core 14.4 2-Core 33 25% 34.2 Pts	4-Core 57.7 8-Core 87 9% 72.3 Pts	64-Core 79.9 5% 79.9 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970M 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Dell(1028 0490) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 12.4 Parallax 15.5 13% 14.5 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 15.8 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 572GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0002DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 90 94 100 104 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 90 Write 109 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 95.5 63% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 62%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 698GB free Firmware: 0002DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 111 112 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 110 Write 83.8 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 111 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 116% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GB 422 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	36.4% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 14.5 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 5.3 14% 4.97 GB/s	Latency 142 28% 142 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 56%

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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 $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