Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.7% 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 Drive	89.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 20:56
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-3610QM-$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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 87.7 2-Core 173 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 430 45% 362 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 675M 994 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Dell(1028 057B) 2GB CLim: 620 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.9 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 13.5 12% 15.4 fps	MRender 19.9 Gravity 15.4 Splatting 16 14% 17.1 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 88 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 45 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 57 42 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 748603889	89.9% Excellent	Read 511 Write 402 Mixed 410 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 35.6 115% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 18.9 64% 139 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 134%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1GB free Firmware: CXM12D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12777 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2831 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 58 58 1505 (B2) Unknown 93 93 28 (B3) Unknown 94 94 42 (B4) Unknown 94 94 774 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 93 93 380 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26960463322 (F2) Unknown 99 99 37707212206	18.1% Very poor	Read 209 Write 26.7 Mixed 50.3 20% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.82 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 3.76 21% 9.48 MB/s	DQ Read 76.9 DQ Write 14.5 DQ Mixed 3.79 14% 31.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 44%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 262GB free Firmware: 0001DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 482576 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7809 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 201040028 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3294 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 41 5115776925724 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 65 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55850 (C2) HDA temperature 28 59 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 116 99 482576 (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 -46115063846467 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3209265831 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2852136707 (FE) Unknown 1 1 6	41.1% Average	Read 67.2 Write 76.1 Mixed 57.9 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.24 47% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905428-093.A00LF 4x8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 16.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 48%

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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 $46

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