Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 13:50
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 below expectations (37^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 70.7 1-Core 85.2 2-Core 158 61% 105 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 376 41% 324 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4653 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.82% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 8.46 Parallax 2.84 3% 5.17 fps	MRender 5.62 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.91 5% 5.3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.82% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 2BC10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 536 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 90 2645 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4057 (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 8165 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2756 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 21 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 38 266288562207 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 160 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 224 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 289452	60.1% Good	Read 89.1 Write 120 Mixed 107 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.29 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 70%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: GH2OA500 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 216 216 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5023 (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 69 69 13802 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4208 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 336603 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 279173464102 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 78 78 9944 (F1) Unknown 99 99 123747393110 (F2) Unknown 99 99 112051021492 (FE) Unknown 100 100 6	59.8% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 113 Mixed 113 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GB 422 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 99.8 40% 99.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 56%

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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	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 $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 $40	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