Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 37.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 86% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 17:37
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	86%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Memory 65.1 1-Core 21.1 2-Core 41.8 31% 42.7 Pts	4-Core 52.6 8-Core 105 9% 78.8 Pts	64-Core 104 6% 104 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 0490) 1.5GB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 625 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.87% Terrible	Lighting 2.13 Reflection 2.73 Parallax 2.03 2% 2.3 fps	MRender 2.71 Gravity 2.53 Splatting 2.52 2% 2.59 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 1.87% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 98 98 5341 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3822 (B1) Unknown 95 95 167 (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 59 49 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 250 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22589198741	43.4% Average	Read 257 Write 245 Mixed 255 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 26.5 4K Mixed 14.2 52% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 54.5 DQ Write 40.6 DQ Mixed 24 24% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 76%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 461GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19565600 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3802 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20566647 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3179 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 656801830 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 99171 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 42949672998 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 28 19565600 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 653 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	46.8% Average	Read 80 Write 82.9 Mixed 94.1 65% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905428-040.A00LF 1x4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 10 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 5.6 15% 5.2 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 30%

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

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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	44x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 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: 48% - Average

Total price: $309

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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