Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 26% Raft	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 31%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.09% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '20 at 06:58
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2630QM-$199 39,605 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	31% Below average	Memory 49.5 1-Core 20.9 2-Core 37.4 26% 35.9 Pts	4-Core 69.2 8-Core 106 11% 87.6 Pts	64-Core 108 7% 108 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 04BA) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2342 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	1.09% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 8.23 Parallax 0.84 1% 3.42 fps	MRender 1.76 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 2.13 1% 1.52 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.09% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 568GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0005 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 84 93 98 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 79.2 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 92.4 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 109% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 62%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 17GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 0.1 1.4 12 8.8 9 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	8.29% Terrible	Read 29.4 Write 14.4 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 6 18% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1 67% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.29% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	35.3% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 5.8 15% 5.3 GB/s	Latency 162 25% 162 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 50%

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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 M17xR3 Builds (Compare 274 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $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