Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Jet ski	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	8.89% 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	30.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '17 at 03:56
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2630QM-$199 39,605 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Memory 62.3 1-Core 20.7 2-Core 41.1 30% 41.4 Pts	4-Core 72.7 8-Core 108 11% 90.4 Pts	64-Core 109 7% 109 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970M 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Dell(1028 04BA) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.3.0.0 Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	8.89% Terrible	Lighting 8.87 Reflection 7.23 Parallax 8.09 7% 8.06 fps	MRender 5.52 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 8.78 12% 15.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.89% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple TS128B 121GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: AGAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 1556 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1651 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 575653937584 (AA) Unknown 100 100 55843749986 (AB) Unknown 100 100 134 (AD) Unknown 195 195 12896501801 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C2) HDA temperature 62 59 176094642214 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	30.1% Below average	Read 187 Write 166 Mixed 170 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 21.8 4K Mixed 7.25 38% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 17 DQ Write 43.3 DQ Mixed 8.46 13% 23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 41%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 2AR2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2239 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 77 3055 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4212 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2482 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 202 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4503 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 5164816 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1467 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 33655 (C2) HDA temperature 55 50 214749216813 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2188 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 2443 (F1) Unknown 97 93 4189912 (F2) Unknown 91 90 13283614 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	38.7% Below average	Read 20.6 Write 114 Mixed 54.5 47% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6MFR8C-PB 2x8GB 3,305 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 5.3 14% 4.97 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 57%

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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 $90Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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