Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). 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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 00:47
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 80.6 2-Core 146 61% 102 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 342 37% 293 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7970M 939 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 26.20.15011.5007 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	23.1% Poor	Lighting 28.9 Reflection 26.2 Parallax 33.6 24% 29.6 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 25 Splatting 30.7 22% 26.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SB3Q-128G-1006 128GB 2,148 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2180006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 277 261 267 283 283 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 370 Write 272 Mixed 188 SusWrite 272 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 24.2 80% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 131 136% 222 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 95%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 30GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.9% Below average	Read 217 Write 87.5 Mixed 132 SusWrite 84.5 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 27.4 4K Mixed 13.6 54% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 33.7 DQ Mixed 57.5 55% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 44%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 129 130 131 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 130 Mixed 30 SusWrite 131 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 1,421 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.6% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 15.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 56%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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