Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	19.6% 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	43% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	17.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130131
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 12:04
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 82.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 196 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 254 26% 213 Pts	64-Core 260 16% 260 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9135 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 22.7 Reflection 20.7 Parallax 23 18% 22.1 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 27.8 Splatting 22.6 22% 27.2 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3664 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (A5) Unknown 100 100 59789 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 52 296353267764 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 50 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 189 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3264501339 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2617381908	43% Average	Read 447 Write 264 Mixed 277 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 7.73 4K Mixed 6.28 30% 8.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 56%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 30GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q 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 98 98 7234 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1061 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (B2) Unknown 94 94 24 (B3) Unknown 94 94 42 (B4) Unknown 94 94 774 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 94 94 384 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52793293 (F2) Unknown 99 99 214955759	31.2% Below average	Read 260 Write 86.6 Mixed 130 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 7.26 43% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 93.6 DQ Write 33.5 DQ Mixed 22.7 28% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 44%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 835GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 136247394 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 877 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 11578026 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 112871740541383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 45 772866092 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41022 (C2) HDA temperature 44 55 51539607596 (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 -121831042317436 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3421378530 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8939526864 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	47.1% Average	Read 80 Write 82.8 Mixed 60.6 56% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 4.76 4K Mixed 0.1 144% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BF160B.C16 Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB CT102464BF160B.C16 Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 16.9 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 57%

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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	243x
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	356x
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 $72Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	16x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	40x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	20x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	19x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363