Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '20 at 13:21
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820QM-$275 3,135 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 68.7 1-Core 33.1 2-Core 65.8 38% 55.9 Pts	4-Core 116 8-Core 168 18% 142 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 675M 994 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Dell(1028 057B) 2GB CLim: 620 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.53% Terrible	Lighting 1.63 Reflection 2 Parallax 1.94 1% 1.86 fps	MRender 2.57 Gravity 1.83 Splatting 2.57 2% 2.32 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 1.53% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE128HMGR-000L1 128GB 5,980 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 94 106 99 102 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 439 Write 133 Mixed 142 SusWrite 102 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 25.7 4K Mixed 16.8 67% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 53.3 64% 114 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 79%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 462GB free Firmware: 0002BSM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 76 77 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 76.8 Write 74.7 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 76 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0 HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	48.8% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.5 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 55%

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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 M17xR4 Builds (Compare 670 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $86Bench 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 $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