Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 42.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.89% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	32.6% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	13.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110729
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 05:35
Run Duration	320 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 (13^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Memory 66 1-Core 29.1 2-Core 58 35% 51 Pts	4-Core 112 8-Core 144 16% 128 Pts	64-Core 146 9% 146 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970M 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Dell(1028 04BA) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.800.6.0 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	6.89% Terrible	Lighting 8.87 Reflection 7.31 Parallax 7.56 7% 7.91 fps	MRender 5.62 Gravity 5.93 Splatting 10.1 6% 7.23 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.89% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.09 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 1090954628606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 99686190944682 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1332 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 85 (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 1090954628606 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 1090954628606 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 1090954628606 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 56504589746276 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4591 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3860 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3860 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8796	32.6% Below average	Read 186 Write 88.3 Mixed 106 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 9.38 52% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 92 DQ Mixed 32.3 43% 77.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 2BA3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th 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 2685 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1757 (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 3612 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 65 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 472 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 184 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 40 257699086386 (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 2301 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 65 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 83042	60.1% Good	Read 102 Write 107 Mixed 98.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 130GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 27.2 Write 26.6 Mixed 23 33% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.18 58% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 44%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 12GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	5.78% Terrible	Read 25 Write 5.64 Mixed 6.8 12% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.88 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.004 15% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.78% Great: 9%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.7 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41% 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 $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 42% - Average

Total price: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16