Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	22.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '16 at 14:17
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 68.7 1-Core 60.2 2-Core 102 48% 76.9 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 320 33% 264 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7970M 939 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Dell(1028 057B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 12.104.0.0 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	22.8% Poor	Lighting 27.7 Reflection 27.3 Parallax 35.9 22% 30.3 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 26.7 Splatting 32.3 23% 28 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4726 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2659 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 57 45 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 532 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7871710309	75.1% Very good	Read 498 Write 334 Mixed 258 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 18.8 89% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 74.7 86% 150 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 118%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 78GB free Firmware: AX002J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1677 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4303 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 4854 (0A) Spinup retry count 185 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2841 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 26 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 385 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 48698 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 287763005482 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 1111 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 258 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	41.4% Average	Read 82.9 Write 61.6 Mixed 18.2 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.17 38% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB HMT451S6AFR8A-PB HMT351S6EFR8A-PB HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11.1 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 57%

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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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16