Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	26.2 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '18 at 07:20
Run Duration	101 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Memory 65.2 1-Core 33.5 2-Core 66.1 37% 54.9 Pts	4-Core 110 8-Core 164 17% 137 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 675M 994 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Dell(1028 057B) 2GB CLim: 620 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 389.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.59% Terrible	Lighting 1.77 Reflection 2 Parallax 1.78 1% 1.85 fps	MRender 2.52 Gravity 1.83 Splatting 2.52 2% 2.29 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 1.59% Great: 14%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5770 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5177 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 256 (B2) Unknown 93 93 258 (B3) Unknown 94 94 486 (B4) Unknown 94 94 7578 (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 253 253 901 (E8) Unknown 93 93 3774 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30939236635 (F2) Unknown 99 99 33894117765	55.7% Above average	Read 475 Write 388 Mixed 429 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 9.97 4K Write 25.2 4K Mixed 9.21 40% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 13.9 DQ Write 27.5 DQ Mixed 7.26 9% 16.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73BH0-CK0 M471B5273CH0-CK0 Kingston HP691160-H66-MCN M471B1G73BH0-CK0 28GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.8% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.5 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 49%

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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	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 $74Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16