Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	11.6% 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	38.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 03:49
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2720QM-$85 7,798 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Memory 63.8 1-Core 21.1 2-Core 42 31% 42.3 Pts	4-Core 78.8 8-Core 107 12% 92.7 Pts	64-Core 104 6% 104 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7970M 939 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Dell(1028 0490) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 14.6 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 19.1 12% 15.5 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 13.1 Splatting 16.1 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 470 Series SSD 128GB 915 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12261 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3669 (B1) Unknown 91 91 428 (B2) Unknown 74 74 522 (BE) vendor-specific 62 39 38 (EB) Unknown 99 99 376	38.5% Below average	Read 242 Write 236 Mixed 168 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 24.6 4K Mixed 6.87 37% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 33.6 DQ Mixed 10.5 25% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 53%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 573GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145621408 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9988 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31487133 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3667 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 35 4952821465131 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 64 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 484 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 94199 (C2) HDA temperature 43 65 51539607595 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 145621408 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -6511170418384 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1830463481 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2138933500 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	51.6% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 81.5 Mixed 72.2 63% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.26 57% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair SODIM DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 5.6 15% 5.2 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 49%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware M17xR3

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	70x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	65x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	45x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	67x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	61x
GeForce GTX 580MNvidiaBench 13%, 434 samples	44x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	10x
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 51%, 254 samples	9x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 44%, 326 samples	8x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $309

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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