Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.4% 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 Drive	48.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 17:29
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2820QM-$230 4,929 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 86.7 2-Core 167 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 416 46% 362 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970M 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Dell(1028 0490) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 14.9 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 12.6 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 10 Splatting 15.1 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th 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 99 99 356 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 118 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 56 39 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1122038025	48.3% Average	Read 268 Write 255 Mixed 263 59% 262 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 15.8 68% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 45.7 DQ Mixed 95.1 55% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 119%
Seagate Momentus Thin 7200 2.5" 320GB-$29 12,279 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 64GB free Firmware: 0001DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65560816 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2730 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 155834063 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2188 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 98 24 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 53 48 840433711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 150 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 26 26 148930 (C2) HDA temperature 47 52 25769803823 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 31 65560816 (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 107206678681990 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3111687565 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2274745671 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 1 1162 (FB) Unknown 100 1 330 (FC) Unknown 100 1 131 (FE) Unknown 1 1 2	41.6% Average	Read 69.7 Write 75.1 Mixed 69.1 54% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.17 59% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GB 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 16.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 49.9% 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $100Bench 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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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $309

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