Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.64% 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	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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	18.6 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '22 at 12:44
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2630QM-$199 39,605 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 75.8 2-Core 140 61% 100 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 313 38% 291 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6870M 93 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 04BA) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.902.0.0 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	8.64% Terrible	Lighting 11.7 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 10.3 10% 10.8 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 9.1 Splatting 7.6 7% 8.53 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.64% Great: 11%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 106 106 106 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 111 Write 112 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 104 70% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB Elpida EBJ40UG8BBU0-GN-F 20GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 12.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.5 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 52%

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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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Typical M17xR3 Builds (Compare 275 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M17xR3

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	70x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	65x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	45x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	67x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	61x
GeForce GTX 580MNvidiaBench 13%, 434 samples	45x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $105Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	10x
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 51%, 254 samples	9x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 44%, 326 samples	8x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $290

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16