Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.3% 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	52.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '18 at 05:27
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (92^nd percentile)	68% Good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 181 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 446 46% 370 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9836 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 22.5 Parallax 28.3 20% 25 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 27.6 Splatting 22.6 21% 26.4 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 135 132 135 134 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 369 Write 146 Mixed 188 SusWrite 133 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 19.8 76% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 151 110% 142 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 82%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 909GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 108 108 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 105 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%
Generic Flash Disk 64GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 17GB free, PID 6998 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 7.9 7.4 5.6 7.4 7.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	3.57% Terrible	Read 9.3 Write 5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 6.5 8% 6.28 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.57% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMSX4GX3M1A1600C9 Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB CMSX4GX3M1A1600C9 Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.9% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns

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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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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