Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.7% 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	49.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '20 at 11:39
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 85.5 2-Core 158 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 385 40% 324 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M 434 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Dell(1028 0580) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 340.46 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 13.3 12% 15.2 fps	MRender 19.7 Gravity 15.7 Splatting 16.2 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 75 49 48 49 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 429 Write 328 Mixed 286 SusWrite 62.2 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 24.2 81% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 19.5 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 116 79% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 85%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 483GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 85 85 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 76.3 Write 82.3 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 84.8 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CH9 M471B5273CH0-CH9 M471B5273DH0-CH9 M471B5273CH0-CH9 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 49%

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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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Typical M17xR4 Builds (Compare 671 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
MX500 1TBCrucial $81Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16