Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.5% 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	88.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '19 at 01:01
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 486 56% 434 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 0580) 2GB CLim: 758 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 389.12 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	20.5% Poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 22.2 Parallax 28.9 20% 25.1 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 29.2 Splatting 23 22% 27.3 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 421 431 435 430 428 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 413 Write 421 Mixed 297 SusWrite 399 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 32.5 106% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 328 246% 327 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 106%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 500GB-$59 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 414GB free Firmware: JF3OA100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 102 98 102 101 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 98.7 Mixed 50.9 SusWrite 99.9 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI Hynix HMT351S6EFR8C-PB 8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57.4% 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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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