Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13% 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	39.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	9GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 9GB 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 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	6.7 GB free of 9 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 12:33
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 172 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 439 48% 380 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 765M 7,023 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9124 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 12.6 Parallax 16.2 11% 14.1 fps	MRender 23.7 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 16.9 17% 21.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 73 57 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 380 Write 71.5 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 77.5 32% 150 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 2.3 52% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 17 44% 91.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 78%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB-$71 14,401 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 147GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 53 55 56 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 53 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 55.4 38% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 Samsung M471B2873FHS-CH9 HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 9GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 1024, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.7% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 10.6 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 11 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 45%

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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	78x

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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Total price: $520

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 $45	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