Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '19 at 14:21
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3840QM-$549 3,981 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 196 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 489 51% 411 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	46.1% Average	Lighting 57.9 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 49.1 47% 53.9 fps	MRender 59.9 Gravity 52.3 Splatting 51 44% 54.4 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK1T0MBF 1TB 1,769 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 671GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 115 114 158 111 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 390 Write 58 Mixed 323 SusWrite 124 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 25.7 91% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 99.5 DQ Mixed 111 93% 138 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 103%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 64GB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 27GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 166 165 165 165 164 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.4% Average	Read 241 Write 149 Mixed 177 SusWrite 165 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 16.8 63% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 56.5 DQ Mixed 87.4 73% 108 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 62%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 523GB free Firmware: AX0P3D SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 91 95 97 90 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 67.7 Write 88.5 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 91.7 49% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 62%
SABRENT 4TB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4GB free Firmware: 4101 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 164 Write 114 Mixed 86.7 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 106%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 48GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 10 8.5 10 12 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 39.8 Write 10.3 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 10.9 20% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.4 148% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,824 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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