Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 34% Sail boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 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 34.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '21 at 14:44
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2820QM-$230 4,929 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Memory 57.4 1-Core 18.9 2-Core 37.7 28% 38 Pts	4-Core 64.5 8-Core 97.2 10% 80.8 Pts	64-Core 98.4 6% 98.4 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 0490) ≥ 4GB CLim: 719 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.74% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 5.8 3% 5.13 fps	MRender 6.8 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 4.9 4% 5.63 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 3.74% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,811 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 196 214 203 211 210 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 228 Write 214 Mixed 192 SusWrite 206 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 12.6 47% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 63.1 DQ Mixed 24.2 35% 66.3 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 55%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 1,739 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 2GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 7.5 9.4 10 1.7 2.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	1.36% Terrible	Read 0.2 Write 7 Mixed 2 SusWrite 6 6% 3.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 4% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 1.36% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ40UG8EFU0-GN-F 4x4GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 13.6 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 4.9 13% 4.6 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 57%

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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 M17xR3 Builds (Compare 275 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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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 $94Bench 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: 50% - Above average

Total price: $294

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