Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	46.7% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	10 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 19:30
Run Duration	85 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	14%

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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 89.2 2-Core 174 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 446 48% 379 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 69%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z331 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4296409102 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 43 244813135924 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17180000260 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 45 (EA) Unknown 100 100 136 (F1) Unknown 253 253 90 (F2) Unknown 253 253 63 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	46.7% Average	Read 474 Write 190 Mixed 203 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 20 4K Mixed 0.19 35% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 97.6 DQ Mixed 3.15 43% 106 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 70%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 123 123 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 54 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 282 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 188979413027 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	70.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325S6CFR8C-PB Kingston KFYHV1-HYC HMT325S6CFR8C-PB Kingston KFYHV1-HYC 12GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 57%

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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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16