Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 21:14
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Memory 65.1 1-Core 57.9 2-Core 130 50% 84.4 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 440 47% 375 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 057B) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4425 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	2.2% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 3.15 Parallax 1.62 2% 2.39 fps	MRender 3.43 Gravity 1.33 Splatting 4.52 3% 3.09 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.2% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 93GB free Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 353 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 173 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 358 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655402 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 58 57 184684380202 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2573 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1108 (F2) Unknown 100 100 842 (F4) Unknown 100 100 10 (F5) Unknown 100 100 42 (F6) Unknown 100 100 373632	61.5% Good	Read 513 Write 314 Mixed 388 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 8.32 55% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 57 DQ Mixed 10.2 39% 91 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 104%
WDC WD1001X06X-00SJVT0 120GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 419 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 445 (A9) Unknown 100 100 262145 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 193 193 8600879138 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C2) HDA temperature 56 56 188981182508 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	43% Average	Read 402 Write 74.7 Mixed 124 43% 200 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 16.2 4K Mixed 11.9 54% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 95.2 DQ Mixed 3.46 39% 94.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB Kingston MSI16D3LS1KBG/8G HMT351S6EFR8A-PB Kingston 9905428-095.D00LF 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.6% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 7.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware M17xR4

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	242x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	139x
Core i7-3740QMIntel $220Bench 64%, 14,369 samples	77x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	355x
GTX 660MNvidiaBench 7%, 7,381 samples	83x
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	16x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	40x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	19x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	19x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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