Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.11% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	5.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 10:59
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 97 2-Core 187 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 470 49% 395 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0551) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	4.11% Terrible	Lighting 4.6 Reflection 5.96 Parallax 3.16 4% 4.57 fps	MRender 5.62 Gravity 2.63 Splatting 8.39 5% 5.55 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.11% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 30GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10211 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1711 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 88 88 425 (B2) Unknown 95 95 18 (B3) Unknown 96 96 26 (B4) Unknown 96 96 790 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 95 95 390 (F1) Unknown 99 99 170794479 (F2) Unknown 99 99 614741643	37% Below average	Read 257 Write 85.5 Mixed 129 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 11.8 57% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 33.4 DQ Mixed 28.4 41% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 44%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4020 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 701 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 16 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 145 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12495279773	97.4% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 405 Mixed 415 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 38.7 126% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 99.3 127% 231 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 403GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 176 1866 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2953 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1668 (BF) G-sense error rate 10 10 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 338 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 61034 (C2) HDA temperature 95 75 52 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 91 91 7060 (F1) Unknown 200 200 30191210897 (F2) Unknown 200 200 38545272234 (FE) Unknown 161 161 39	48.9% Average	Read 86.4 Write 84.1 Mixed 89.2 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.11 50% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325S6CFR8C-PB HMT451S6AFR8A-PB HMT325S6CFR8C-PB HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 55%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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