Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.26% 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	39.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	10.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	16.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '17 at 01:47
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2670QM-$200 51,169 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 80.4 2-Core 155 64% 107 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 375 43% 335 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6800M 540 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 0490) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	9.26% Terrible	Lighting 12.4 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 10.4 10% 10.6 fps	MRender 8.14 Gravity 8.97 Splatting 10.4 8% 9.18 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.26% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10325 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2970 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2756 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 285381 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 285381 (F2) Unknown 100 100 468704	39.7% Below average	Read 259 Write 158 Mixed 193 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 27.4 4K Mixed 11.9 49% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 63.5 DQ Mixed 32.4 44% 84 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 51%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 152GB free Firmware: DEM4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22704927 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5457 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27684920 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3014 (B8) Unknown 98 98 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 37 -3538223059 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 36 36 128848 (C2) HDA temperature 45 63 64424509485 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 40 22704927 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 3229815411282 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2077439285 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4020481782 (FE) Unknown 1 1 3	54.2% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 95.7 Mixed 77.6 67% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.31 70% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMT325S6BFR8C-PB F3-12800CL11-4GBSQ HMT325S6BFR8C-PB F3-12800CL11-4GBSQ 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 53%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 7%

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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	44x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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