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Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.34% 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 Drive58.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough 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.
SystemAlienware M17xR4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware M17xR4
Memory8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20180528
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 21 '19 at 15:06
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3840QM-$549
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
77.3% Very good
Memory 87
1-Core 100
2-Core 198
74% 128 Pts
4-Core 372
8-Core 490
55% 431 Pts
64-Core 504
31% 504 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑
This bench: 77.3%
 Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660M
Dell(1028 0551) 2GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8859
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
7.34% Terrible
Lighting 7.6
Reflection 7.65
Parallax 9.25
6% 8.17 fps
MRender 12.2
Gravity 10.9
Splatting 11.9
10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 6% ↑
This bench: 7.34%
 Great: 8%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Plextor M3 256GB-$160
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 305 276 207 79 77 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
58.9% Above average
Read 347
Write 350
Mixed 240
SusWrite 209
64% 286 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 40.2
4K Mixed 23.3
72% 25.7 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 252
DQ Mixed 144
129% 192 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑
This bench: 58.9%
 Great: 94%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50
218GB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 61 53 51 41 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
36.7% Below average
Read 72.3
Write 70.3
Mixed 51.9
SusWrite 55.2
46% 62.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑
This bench: 36.7%
 Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI Samsung M471B5773DH0-CK0 NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI Samsung M471B5773DH0-CK0 12GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
56.2% Above average
MC Read 20.4
MC Write 19.9
MC Mixed 17.8
55% 19.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 17.7
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 70.5
57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑
This bench: 56.2%
 Great: 56%
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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical M17xR4 Builds (Compare 671 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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System: Alienware M17xR4

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel  $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples242x
Core i7-3610QMIntel  $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples139x
Core i7-3740QMIntel  $220Bench 64%, 14,369 samples78x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples355x
GTX 660MNvidiaBench 7%, 7,381 samples83x
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples76x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples21x
MX500 1TBCrucial  $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples16x
RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples40x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples19x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $520
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Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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