Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.5% 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.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '17 at 08:30
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3720QM-$100 9,911 User benchmarks, average bench 65% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 94.8 2-Core 186 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 355 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 675M 994 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Dell(1028 0580) 2GB CLim: 620 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 369.9 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.62% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 2.04 Parallax 1.78 2% 1.87 fps	MRender 2.57 Gravity 1.87 Splatting 2.52 2% 2.32 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 1.62% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8466 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1348 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 145 (AE) Unknown 100 100 162 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 36 274879021097 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 92 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 31270081853 (F7) Unknown 100 100 992539437 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3847652805	87.5% Excellent	Read 498 Write 472 Mixed 455 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 21.5 103% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 16.6 59% 125 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 107%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 0GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 177 170 2133 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11671 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3328 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1349 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 117064 (C2) HDA temperature 110 82 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1841 (F1) Unknown 200 200 2856772690 (F2) Unknown 200 200 11436635393 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	35.4% Below average	Read 67.7 Write 55.7 Mixed 65.2 48% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.28 64% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 71%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,329 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 29GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	6.08% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 6.83 Mixed 10.9 14% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.05 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.007 23% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.08% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6D1 CT102464BF160B.C16 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6D1 CT102464BF160B.C16 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 14.1 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns

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Gaming 8%

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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	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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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