Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics11.7% 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 Drive79.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware M17xR4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware M17xR4
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180322
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 18 '20 at 17:40
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
74.1% Very good
Memory 87.7
1-Core 97.4
2-Core 193
73% 126 Pts
4-Core 327
8-Core 479
50% 403 Pts
64-Core 483
30% 483 Pts
Poor: 40%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
Dell(1028 057B) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
11.7% Very poor
Lighting 14.5
Reflection 12.9
Parallax 19
12% 15.5 fps
MRender 10.7
Gravity 14
Splatting 16.1
11% 13.6 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 11.7%
Great: 24%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXM06B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 399 402 407 370 276 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Read 416
Write 343
Mixed 235
SusWrite 370
77% 341 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 45.3
4K Mixed 21.1
84% 29.5 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 260
DQ Mixed 116
142% 253 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 116%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB
290GB free
Firmware: 01.01H01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 104 102 103 102 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
61% Good
Read 110
Write 111
Mixed 22.3
SusWrite 102
62% 86.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 61%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
56.1% Above average
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 19.7
MC Mixed 17.3
55% 19.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 16.8
SC Mixed 18.1
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 69.8
57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 56.1%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical M17xR4 Builds (Compare 671 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware M17xR4

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