Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

CPU throttled at 93% 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

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

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '20 at 16:01
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	93%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3940XM-$344 2,187 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 206 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 520 57% 449 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia_gtx 1070 DEDICATED 2 User benchmarks, average bench 74% Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.8% Very good	Lighting 88.1 Reflection 117 Parallax 90 72% 98.4 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 99.8 78% 94.3 fps
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 417 450 432 414 378 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 411 Mixed 408 SusWrite 374 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 32.8 105% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 294 242% 345 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 125%
Liteonit LMT-256M3M mSATA 256GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 131GB free Firmware: VZDB SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 226 236 222 229 228 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.7% Average	Read 248 Write 228 Mixed 192 SusWrite 206 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 27.4 4K Mixed 17 64% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 104 90% 134 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 32GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 58%

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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 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 $300	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