Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.72% 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	61.2% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 4 months ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '22 at 01:02
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3610QM-$300 38,575 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 87.6 2-Core 170 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 428 47% 373 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660M 7,381 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8912 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	7.72% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 11 7% 10.2 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 11.1 Splatting 9.7 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.72% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Netac 256GB 256GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW200326 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 357 355 355 307 211 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 453 Write 386 Mixed 336 SusWrite 319 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 9.6 52% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 16 61% 130 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 97%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 30GB free Firmware: CXM12D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 84 84 84 83 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.9% Below average	Read 224 Write 86.5 Mixed 131 SusWrite 83.7 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 14 56% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 33.2 DQ Mixed 57.1 54% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 981 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.2 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.1% 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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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 $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 $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