Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.88% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 16:12
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 183 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 440 51% 399 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.9% 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. 10.18.10.4358 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 8.42 Parallax 2.91 4% 5.2 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 8.09 5% 5.39 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 29GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3274 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2660 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 336 (B2) Unknown 95 95 20 (B3) Unknown 95 95 36 (B4) Unknown 95 95 780 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 95 95 388 (F1) Unknown 99 99 652389530 (F2) Unknown 99 99 338946792	29.8% Poor	Read 256 Write 84.3 Mixed 129 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 7.17 46% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 15.6 DQ Write 27 DQ Mixed 29.1 20% 23.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 44%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$62 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 655GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 190 1141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 490 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 489 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 806 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1194 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1463 (F1) Unknown 200 200 11319308860 (F2) Unknown 200 200 12354982654 (FE) Unknown 199 199 1	67.8% Good	Read 123 Write 113 Mixed 114 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.24 95% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 71%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 26GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Read 26.6 Write 10.6 Mixed 10.6 17% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.41 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.006 20% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT325S6CFR8C-PB HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT325S6CFR8C-PB 12GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.2% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.2% 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	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 $81Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16