Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% 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.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 21:05
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3940XM-$344 2,187 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 246 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 589 67% 521 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1311 MHz, MLim: 1440 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (92^nd percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (61 fps cap detected)	47.1% Average	Lighting 56.4 Reflection 62.5 Parallax 60.7 46% 59.9 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 60.3 Splatting 58.9 49% 60.3 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 388GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2016 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 919 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9109614 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1762 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 65 279173922859 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 133144903711 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1630 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2271 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2077 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2841 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	66.5% Good	Read 498 Write 229 Mixed 238 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 15.1 70% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 34.8 87% 188 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4659 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2125 (B1) Unknown 99 99 24 (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 57 47 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 351 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24049833232	108% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 505 Mixed 513 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 45.8 127% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 145 161% 274 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Toshiba THNSNS Series mSATA PCI-E 128GB 614 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 119GB free Firmware: TA5ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (34^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 (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3346 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 200 200 0 (A9) Unknown 120 120 164169519 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 51543474203 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 0 0 478 (C2) HDA temperature 49 34 283467841587 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3134 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1908 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1319	61.2% Good	Read 264 Write 244 Mixed 245 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 19.6 92% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 73.4 87% 150 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 2133 2x8GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.8% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 75%

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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 $179	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