Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.7% 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	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.

CPU throttled at 93% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '22 at 09:58
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	93%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3940XM-$344 2,187 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 507 53% 428 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Geforce GTX 1070 DEDICATED 2 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.8% Very good	Lighting 86.9 Reflection 116 Parallax 89 71% 97.2 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 98.2 77% 92.8 fps
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 560GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 406 423 423 426 403 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 411 Mixed 379 SusWrite 381 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 34.3 110% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 288 238% 341 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 604GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 275 268 269 266 270 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 450 Write 420 Mixed 370 SusWrite 259 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 34.3 111% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 130 146% 244 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 125%
Liteonit LMT-256M3M mSATA 256GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 183GB free Firmware: VZDB SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 226 231 231 231 231 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.8% Average	Read 248 Write 214 Mixed 194 SusWrite 212 49% 217 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 18.1 66% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 107 91% 136 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX318S9IB/8 2x8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1777 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $178	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