Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 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 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	11.6% 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	67.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '21 at 12:43
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Memory 64.1 1-Core 33 2-Core 66.7 36% 54.6 Pts	4-Core 124 8-Core 162 18% 143 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7970M 939 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Dell(1028 057B) 2GB Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 14.7 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 19.5 12% 17.2 fps	MRender 14.7 Gravity 14.3 Splatting 11.2 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 344 394 383 367 410 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 366 Write 416 Mixed 290 SusWrite 382 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 22.1 67% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 189 140% 185 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 101%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 30GB free Firmware: CXM12D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.6% Below average	Read 238 Write 84.1 Mixed 131 SusWrite 84 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 25.7 4K Mixed 12.1 50% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 33.9 DQ Mixed 58.7 56% 91.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 44%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 929GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 113 115 115 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 115 Write 108 Mixed 51.1 SusWrite 113 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 981 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 7.4 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 56%

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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 671 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

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	78x

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 $74Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16