Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 30.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	6.11% 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	39.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	17 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120210
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '16 at 01:03
Run Duration	313 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2720QM-$85 7,798 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Memory 51.1 1-Core 15.3 2-Core 38.9 25% 35.1 Pts	4-Core 55.8 8-Core 190 13% 123 Pts	64-Core 74.6 5% 74.6 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 04BA) 1.5GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5900 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	6.11% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 2.34 5% 5.87 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.83 Splatting 9.48 8% 9.17 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.11% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TRO-SSD7-1TB-PRO 1TB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 619GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 243 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 139 (A3) Unknown 100 100 60 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16594 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 56 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4389 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 172935 (F2) Unknown 100 100 100185 (F5) Unknown 100 100 265504	39.9% Below average	Read 261 Write 252 Mixed 259 58% 257 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 9.56 44% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 12.5 DQ Write 26.9 DQ Mixed 9.88 10% 16.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 104%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 127GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 38 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 85 4454 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1804 (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 12145 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 501 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1716 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 56 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 40 257699282993 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 11730 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 501 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 57234	46.6% Average	Read 80.7 Write 81.7 Mixed 79.6 61% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.32 83% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 59%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 4GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 0044 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	4.64% Terrible	Read 17.1 Write 5 Mixed 7.17 10% 9.75 MB/s	4K Read 4.44 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.01 17% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.64% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-063.A00LF HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 99U5428-063.A00LF HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 20GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 15.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 5.2 14% 4.7 GB/s	Latency 157 26% 157 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 47%

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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	66x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $230Bench 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	45x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $100Bench 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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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $285

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369