Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics9.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive70.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware M17xR3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware M17xR3
Memory5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110729
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 13 '15 at 20:45
Run Duration104 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2630QM-$199
CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
1-Core 71.4
2-Core 142
48% 107 Pts
4-Core 262
8-Core 338
38% 300 Pts
64-Core 279
17% 279 Pts
Poor: 32% Great: 65%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6800M
Dell(1028 0490) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2001.0
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
9.2% Terrible
Lighting 12.2
Reflection 8.85
Parallax 10.2
10% 10.4 fps
MRender 8.29
Gravity 8.97
Splatting 10.5
8% 9.24 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 9.2%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
70.5% Very good
Read 515
Write 493
Mixed 494
112% 501 MB/s
4K Read 12.2
4K Write 36.5
4K Mixed 9.36
50% 19.4 MB/s
DQ Read 177
DQ Write 54.8
DQ Mixed 10.5
35% 80.7 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 111%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75
289GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
46.8% Average
Read 75.7
Write 87
Mixed 82.7
62% 81.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.37
4K Write 1.95
4K Mixed 0.15
68% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 46.8%
Great: 63%
Typical M17xR3 Builds (Compare 275 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware M17xR3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 50% - Above average Total price: $294
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