Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	15.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '22 at 21:18
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 175 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 452 49% 386 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
King SHARE E20012 125GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: V100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 63 57 67 68 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 148 Write 120 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 71.3 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 4 18% 5.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 17%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 572GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 95 94 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 91.2 Mixed 51 SusWrite 95.1 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-049.A00LF Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 99U5428-049.A00LF Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.2 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 56%

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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	78x

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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