Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	41.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 02:34
Run Duration	98 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2760QM-$130 10,423 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 84.6 2-Core 162 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 364 41% 321 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 118724888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 78554951843866 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 48 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 56 30068441123 (C2) HDA temperature 35 56 30068441123 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 118724888 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 118724888 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 118724888 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963701 (EA) Unknown 0 0 419 (F1) Unknown 0 0 419 (F2) Unknown 0 0 548 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2293785	41.6% Average	Read 263 Write 200 Mixed 223 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 8.83 60% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18.6 DQ Write 51.2 DQ Mixed 7.14 13% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 85%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 314GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 173 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 88 3054 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6988 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5114 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6984 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 330 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 46 231928561711 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 717 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 92 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 68612	46.6% Average	Read 76.9 Write 85.3 Mixed 83.4 62% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP16D3LS1KBG/4G F3-10666CL9-4GBSQ RMT3160ED58E9W1600 F3-10666CL9-4GBSQ 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.6% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 13.8 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 14.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 47%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 7%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $104Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16