Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.59% 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	46.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '21 at 14:02
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 93.3 2-Core 183 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 449 48% 383 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660M 7,381 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	7.59% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 10.9 7% 10.2 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 11 Splatting 9.8 9% 11 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.59% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
BT58SSD09S 240GB 470 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0423B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 371 288 6.3 56 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 464 Write 376 Mixed 327 SusWrite 137 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 23.4 4K Mixed 12.6 58% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 55.8 DQ Write 17.9 DQ Mixed 0.4 10% 24.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.6% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 47%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	17.3"	1280 720	LGD02DA

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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