Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.23% 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	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 20:24
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 174 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 444 50% 391 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660M 7,381 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9124 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	8.23% Terrible	Lighting 8.57 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 10.3 7% 9.13 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 13.3 11% 13 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.23% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z23330RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 4 100 772 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2252 (A6) Unknown 100 100 302 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 353 (A9) Unknown 100 100 153 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 369 (AE) Unknown 100 100 817 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 100 287762808883 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3416 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 37230 (F1) Unknown 253 253 20219 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17634	57.7% Above average	Read 496 Write 177 Mixed 199 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 3.76 70% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 26.9 62% 128 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 78%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB-$71 14,401 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 93GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 393 (03) Spinup time 186 180 1691 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7560 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4425 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 131 131 208692 (C2) HDA temperature 106 79 41 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	41.2% Average	Read 66 Write 77.4 Mixed 17.9 39% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SHARETRONIC Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1066, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.8% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.5 20% 6.87 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 7.8 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 38%

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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	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 $295	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