Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.21% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	14.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120210
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 05:42
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2720QM-$85 7,798 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 58 2-Core 112 52% 83.4 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 293 31% 248 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 04BA) 1.5GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8165 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.21% Terrible	Lighting 7.37 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 2.38 6% 6.26 fps	MRender 0.38 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 1.09 1% 0.87 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 4.21% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TRO-SSD7-1TB-PRO 1TB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 519GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1665 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1558 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 139 (A3) Unknown 100 100 60 (A4) Unknown 100 100 45028 (A5) Unknown 100 100 90 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 57 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 431342 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 353426 (F2) Unknown 100 100 343520 (F5) Unknown 100 100 720448	51.8% Above average	Read 266 Write 254 Mixed 261 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 25.4 77% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 18.5 DQ Write 40 DQ Mixed 13.9 15% 24.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 104%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 288GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 41 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 85 4467 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3848 (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 18773 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 504 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2510 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 84 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 40 257699282985 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 11854 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 504 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 136515	52.7% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 90.5 Mixed 79.9 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-063.A00LF HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 99U5428-063.A00LF HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 20GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 12.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 47%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $104Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16