Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 59.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23.5% 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	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '17 at 13:14
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	59.5% Above average	Memory 85.2 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 190 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 464 37% 324 Pts	64-Core 256 16% 256 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7970M 939 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Dell(1028 057B) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 29.1 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 36.1 24% 30.8 fps	MRender 24.9 Gravity 25.2 Splatting 32.2 23% 27.4 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 226GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11266 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 152 (B1) Unknown 97 97 139 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 47 39 53 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16210894247	96.5% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 493 Mixed 509 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 35.9 106% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 122 132% 223 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 882 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 397 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 1 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 42 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9436966630	66.6% Good	Read 508 Write 334 Mixed 411 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 17 81% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 51.4 DQ Mixed 17.5 19% 31.5 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 4x8GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 17.8 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.2% 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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