Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24% 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	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 22:17
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3720QM-$100 9,911 User benchmarks, average bench 65% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 242 44% 309 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7970M 939 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 23.20.780.2 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	24% Poor	Lighting 29.4 Reflection 28.5 Parallax 37.5 24% 31.8 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 26.3 Splatting 33.6 24% 28.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10164 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1887 (B1) Unknown 96 96 39 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 49 28 51 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1748 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38966564590	62.6% Good	Read 397 Write 335 Mixed 313 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 12.7 72% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 14 38% 81.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 126%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 73GB free Firmware: 0002DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198813472 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 338063982 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2558 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 42 559034990633 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 70 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 441 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 360905 (C2) HDA temperature 41 58 60129542185 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 99 198813472 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 20882131010410 (F1) Unknown 100 253 761710870 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1817562916 (FE) Unknown 1 1 25	45.4% Average	Read 78.6 Write 79.8 Mixed 68.8 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.18 51% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264HZ-1G6M1 2x4GB 1,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 16.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 58%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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