Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '19 at 01:48
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Memory 69.3 1-Core 32.8 2-Core 62.8 38% 55 Pts	4-Core 117 8-Core 158 17% 137 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 899GB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 107 106 110 117 117 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 46.9 Write 87.1 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 112 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 107% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 70%
Jmicron Generic 500GB 2,959 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 449GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 108 107 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 63 SusWrite 108 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600L CL9 Series 2x8GB 427 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.7 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 60%

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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 $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 $45	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