Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.11% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

CPU throttled at 41% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	8 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 22:11
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	41%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2760QM-$130 10,423 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 0.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Memory 50.3 1-Core 16.3 2-Core 30.5 24% 32.4 Pts	4-Core 57.8 8-Core 83.6 9% 70.7 Pts	64-Core 83.5 5% 83.5 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 04BA) 2GB Driver: nvumdshimx.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	1.11% Terrible	Lighting 1.23 Reflection 1.96 Parallax 0.81 1% 1.34 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 2.13 1% 1.54 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.11% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13318 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2615 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 84 84 582 (B2) Unknown 94 94 218 (B3) Unknown 94 94 422 (B4) Unknown 94 94 7642 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 145 (E8) Unknown 94 94 3814 (F1) Unknown 12 12 26052313187 (F2) Unknown 140 140 20519557202	37.8% Below average	Read 255 Write 241 Mixed 254 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 20.5 4K Mixed 8.03 38% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.9 DQ Write 34.7 DQ Mixed 12.4 16% 29.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 80%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 95 216965662 (03) Spinup time 100 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1649 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 8647617288 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1324 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 130 (BC) Unknown 100 80 55835426908 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 42 64979468321 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 39 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62350 (C2) HDA temperature 33 58 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 42 216965662 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -51835960280269 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2734389692 (F2) Unknown 100 253 273782944 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	53.7% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 90.2 Mixed 87.7 69% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.36 76% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMT325S6BFR8C-PB HMT325S6BFR8C-PB HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT325S6BFR8C-PB 10GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 12 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 3.9 SC Mixed 4.3 12% 4.17 GB/s	Latency 160 25% 160 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 51%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16