Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '22 at 21:27
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3940XM-$344 2,187 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 179 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 434 47% 370 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Geforce GTX 1070 DEDICATED 2 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72% Very good	Lighting 85 Reflection 115 Parallax 88.5 69% 96.1 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 99.7 77% 93.5 fps
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$86 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 582GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 392 440 461 442 409 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 464 Mixed 398 SusWrite 406 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 47.8 158% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 290 240% 343 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$86 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 580GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 382 427 289 269 265 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 445 Mixed 398 SusWrite 318 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 48 159% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 289 237% 339 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%
Liteonit LMT-256M3M mSATA 256GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 183GB free Firmware: VZDB SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 209 230 223 239 240 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.9% Above average	Read 253 Write 220 Mixed 202 SusWrite 216 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 23.1 84% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 106 91% 136 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX318S9IB/8 2x8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1777 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.1% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.1% 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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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	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 $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16