Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (3rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 97 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 27.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	1.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '16 at 21:08
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2860QM-$469 4,317 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU1, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Memory 50.8 1-Core 17.4 2-Core 24.3 24% 30.8 Pts	4-Core 25 8-Core 25.5 3% 25.2 Pts	64-Core 25.3 2% 25.3 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz) 110,588 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 04BA) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4101 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	1.11% Terrible	Lighting 1.23 Reflection 1.92 Parallax 0.81 1% 1.32 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 2.13 1% 1.55 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.11% Great: 2%
Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M 434 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Dell(1028 04BA) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.62% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 2.08 Parallax 1.81 2% 1.9 fps	MRender 2.62 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 2.48 2% 2.33 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 1.62% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 295GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 99 326 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 77 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 46 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3111133713	56.4% Above average	Read 265 Write 255 Mixed 263 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 35.5 4K Mixed 25.8 86% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 86.6 DQ Write 69.4 DQ Mixed 39 40% 65 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 2635 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 799 (B1) Unknown 99 99 29 (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 56 47 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 59 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20169333458	57.3% Above average	Read 265 Write 254 Mixed 262 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 25.3 89% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 94.7 DQ Write 66.6 DQ Mixed 37.8 40% 66.4 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.3 MC Write 4 MC Mixed 5.2 14% 4.83 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 3.5 SC Mixed 4.4 12% 4.1 GB/s	Latency 158 25% 158 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 56%

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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	65x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 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	44x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 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: 48% - Average

Total price: $309

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 $182	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) $30	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