Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.2% 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	48.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 23:44
Run Duration	340 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3610QM-$300 38,575 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 166 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 434 48% 378 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.2932 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.66% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 22.7 Parallax 2.78 3% 9.81 fps	MRender 5.67 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.52 4% 5.14 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.66% Great: 4%
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB CLim: 758 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 364.47 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	20.2% Poor	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 22.7 Parallax 28.2 20% 25.3 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 21.6 Splatting 22.8 20% 24.4 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16752 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2821 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 86 86 476 (B2) Unknown 92 92 300 (B3) Unknown 94 94 486 (B4) Unknown 94 94 7578 (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 51 (E8) Unknown 92 92 3732 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25503525929 (F2) Unknown 99 99 48585780290	48.8% Average	Read 409 Write 217 Mixed 128 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 24.5 4K Mixed 10.3 42% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 50.9 DQ Mixed 40.4 57% 112 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 86%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 223GB free Firmware: 2BC1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2600 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1875 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10578 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1257 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 39 261993660454 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 14 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 263827	47.6% Average	Read 66.2 Write 99.8 Mixed 71 59% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.25 57% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 70%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 28GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	7.23% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 3.7 Mixed 8.03 11% 11 MB/s	4K Read 4.37 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.73 67% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.23% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264HZ-1G6M1 4x4GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 56%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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