Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	28.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	12.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 01:34
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2630QM-$199 39,605 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Memory 59.1 1-Core 19.5 2-Core 39.3 29% 39.3 Pts	4-Core 69.3 8-Core 99.9 11% 84.6 Pts	64-Core 106 7% 106 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 04BA) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	1% Terrible	Lighting 1.23 Reflection 1.88 Parallax 0.53 1% 1.22 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 1.17 1% 1.22 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.09 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 906253302995 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -1507533516383 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1258 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 76 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 906253302995 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 906253302995 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 906253302995 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55405078118500 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4560 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3823 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3823 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8754	28.7% Poor	Read 192 Write 93.7 Mixed 118 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 7.24 49% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 17 DQ Write 35.3 DQ Mixed 7.64 11% 20 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 61%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 925GB free Firmware: 2BA3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2600 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1679 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3447 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 58 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 396 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 179 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 40 257699086383 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 174 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1865 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 58 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 78591	56.6% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 97.7 Mixed 101 75% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.39 99% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BF160B.M16 Micron 16JSF51264HZ-1G4D1 CT102464BF160B.M16 Micron 16JSF51264HZ-1G4D1 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 13.7 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 5.6 15% 5.2 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 41%

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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	45x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $100Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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