Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.45% 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	91.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '16 at 14:44
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 75.9 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 112 57% 90.7 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 204 22% 177 Pts	64-Core 228 14% 228 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660M 7,381 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 7.81 Parallax 9.59 7% 8.5 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 8.43 Splatting 12.1 9% 11 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3618 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1090 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 75 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B4) Unknown 0 0 16521 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 40 257698037815 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 18 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 25048612116 (F7) Unknown 100 100 786745259 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3973384571	91.3% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 425 Mixed 430 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 29.3 114% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 59.2 95% 186 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 101%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 628GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8 (03) Spinup time 195 170 1225 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1692 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1648 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 8320 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5429 (C2) HDA temperature 91 85 56 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 93 93 5483 (F1) Unknown 200 200 20145662450 (F2) Unknown 200 200 27578897059 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	44.4% Average	Read 120 Write 35.4 Mixed 52.2 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.08 4K Mixed 0.07 33% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 71%
WD My Book 640GB 1,033 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 104GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 38 Write 39.7 Mixed 10.3 35% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.26 85% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 0, 1600, 0, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 10.7 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 50%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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