Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 34% Sail boat	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 35.9%, 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	39.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

CPU throttled at 90% 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.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110729
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 21:39
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	90%

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 i7-2670QM-$200 51,169 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Memory 59.8 1-Core 20.7 2-Core 40.1 29% 40.2 Pts	4-Core 67.5 8-Core 108 11% 87.7 Pts	64-Core 107 7% 107 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 04BA) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	1.11% Terrible	Lighting 1.23 Reflection 1.88 Parallax 0.81 1% 1.31 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
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 201 100 457 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 536 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 42 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 100 214748364845 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 10 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3289 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2966 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3509	39.1% Below average	Read 286 Write 258 Mixed 207 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 30.2 4K Mixed 1.79 40% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 33.1 DQ Mixed 1.88 8% 16.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 86%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 13GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5364 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1024 (B1) Unknown 98 98 38 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 2 (BE) vendor-specific 56 47 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2461364058	50% Above average	Read 307 Write 305 Mixed 307 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 13.1 60% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 16.6 DQ Write 35.1 DQ Mixed 12.1 13% 21.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 110%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1.5TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 60.6 Write 102 Mixed 99.5 121% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.2 54% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 49%
Freecom Mobile Drive XXS 400GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 195GB free, PID fc88 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 31.1 Mixed 30 39% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.23 40% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905428-095.D00LF 4x8GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 5.5 15% 5.2 GB/s	Latency 128 31% 128 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 55%

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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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $177	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