Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.3% 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	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

CPU throttled at 93% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 12:56
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	93%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 217 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 508 55% 437 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.3% Poor	Lighting 24 Reflection 39.9 Parallax 23.7 20% 29.2 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 50.3 34% 39.3 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 157 150 134 124 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 446 Write 433 Mixed 338 SusWrite 173 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 34.5 112% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 227 204% 307 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 118%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 28GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 66 67 69 69 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 47.5 Write 57.4 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 69.1 42% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.8 218% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0 M471B5773DH0-CK0 M471B5273DH0-CK0 M471B5773DH0-CK0 12GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.6% 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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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