Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.3% 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	48% 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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '18 at 19:10
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Memory 66.8 1-Core 32.5 2-Core 58.2 36% 52.5 Pts	4-Core 100 8-Core 143 15% 122 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 870M 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Dell(1028 0551) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7892 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 9.53 Reflection 15 Parallax 12.1 8% 12.2 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 14.1 Splatting 19.6 15% 18.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 80 77 78 79 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	48% Average	Read 359 Write 335 Mixed 319 SusWrite 92.8 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 15.5 70% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 28.9 58% 115 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 78%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 580GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 123 124 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 118 Write 106 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 125 68% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT351S6EFR8C-PB HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.7 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 56%

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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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Typical M17xR4 Builds (Compare 670 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $86Bench 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 $275	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 $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) $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