Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '22 at 22:46
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	68% Good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 174 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 366 41% 321 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 353.82 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.7% Below average	Lighting 37.4 Reflection 44 Parallax 37.8 30% 39.7 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 34.9 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 232 232 225 219 222 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	70% Very good	Read 419 Write 248 Mixed 162 SusWrite 226 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 20.1 91% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 50.1 98% 201 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 85%
Apple HDD HTS545050A7E362 500GB 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: GG2AB990 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 108 103 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 108 66% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown JAC1600S1108 2x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 14.1 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 56%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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