Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24% 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	86.5% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 22:41
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 202 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 490 54% 426 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24% Poor	Lighting 24.1 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 26.2 20% 27 fps	MRender 44.6 Gravity 23.9 Splatting 47.3 32% 38.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4296 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 997 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 51 35 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 120 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28003762601	86.5% Excellent	Read 515 Write 405 Mixed 422 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 24 97% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 117 126% 214 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 91GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^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 4245 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 962 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 51 36 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1664940901	63.8% Good	Read 268 Write 212 Mixed 217 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 32.6 103% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 89 90% 147 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 128%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9544 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2228 (B1) Unknown 97 97 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 33 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 184 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27351405890	80.3% Excellent	Read 503 Write 345 Mixed 355 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 21.1 91% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 87.5 113% 206 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.1% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 56%

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

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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 $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