Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 7% 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 44.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.3% 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	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 14:54
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i7-3610QM-$300 38,575 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Memory 68.5 1-Core 33.5 2-Core 66.2 38% 56.1 Pts	4-Core 113 8-Core 168 18% 140 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660M 7,381 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8541 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	6.3% Terrible	Lighting 7.03 Reflection 6.42 Parallax 8.31 6% 7.26 fps	MRender 9.48 Gravity 8.33 Splatting 9.22 7% 9.01 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.3% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7400 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1739 (B1) Unknown 97 97 32 (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 61 41 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1302 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19102411451	62.9% Good	Read 491 Write 343 Mixed 349 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 12.3 66% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 81.4 DQ Write 44.1 DQ Mixed 11.5 22% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 118%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 916GB free Firmware: 0003DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 89 57385576 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5816 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50500128 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16077 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4994 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 228 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 34 4046431191074 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 75 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 453 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 198279 (C2) HDA temperature 34 66 47244640290 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31872952294473 (F1) Unknown 100 253 261791939 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3733260233 (FE) Unknown 1 1 128	59.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 93.1 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.61 108% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 259F 2TB 3,542 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 846GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 80.5 Write 78.9 Mixed 79.8 103% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264HZ-1G6M1 2x4GB 1,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7.5 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 58%

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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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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