Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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 35.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	6.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130131
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 19:50
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35.8% Below average	Memory 59.3 1-Core 25.9 2-Core 46.3 31% 43.8 Pts	4-Core 69.4 8-Core 114 11% 91.7 Pts	64-Core 124 8% 124 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 1.3 Reflection 2.08 Parallax 0.88 1% 1.42 fps	Splatting 2.48 2% 2.48 fps
Poor: 2% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM83 32GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 30GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th 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 95 95 21988 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3613 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 229 (B2) Unknown 94 94 22 (B3) Unknown 95 95 34 (B4) Unknown 95 95 782 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 94 94 386 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4140958 (F2) Unknown 99 99 505496508	33.9% Below average	Read 256 Write 85.8 Mixed 131 34% 158 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 26.4 4K Mixed 11.4 51% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 33.4 DQ Mixed 27.2 31% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 44%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 192 1158 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3614 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3598 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 11176 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14220 (C2) HDA temperature 101 80 46 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 70 70 22046 (F1) Unknown 200 200 38321538530 (F2) Unknown 200 200 28961913982 (FE) Unknown 191 191 9	42.5% Average	Read 85.1 Write 63.2 Mixed 59.9 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 27% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB HMT325S6CFR8C-PB HMT351S6EFR8A-PB HMT325S6CFR8C-PB 12GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 6.1 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	78x

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 $75Bench 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 $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16