Alienware M17xR3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	13.6% 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	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 years ago, 9 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR3
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120820
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '14 at 16:21
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2860QM-$469 4,317 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 80.8 2-Core 141 52% 111 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 460 44% 365 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 31% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970M 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Dell(1028 04BA) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.3.0.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Lighting 18.4 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 15.7 15% 15.6 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 12.5 Splatting 15.8 11% 13 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 346GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 98 98 8835 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 119 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 55 41 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7965418239	53.3% Above average	Read 263 Write 180 Mixed 177 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 19 86% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 61.6 66% 111 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 98 98 7642 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 120 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 53 48 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7510000782	53.2% Above average	Read 262 Write 180 Mixed 171 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 18.3 85% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 52.7 64% 114 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 126%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 6350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 137 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 89 7981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 137 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.5% Average	Read 75.7 Write 78.7 Mixed 56.2 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.35 111% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 69%
ICY DOCK RAID1 4TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 130 Write 70.3 Mixed 69.8 104% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.27 30% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 68%
ST975042 0AS 750GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 698GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 15.3 88% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.17 30% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 40%
SAMSUNG HM640JJ 640GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 596GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 76.5 Write 110 Mixed 77.2 118% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.43 82% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 49%
WDC WD50 00AZRX-00A8LB0 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 466GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.2% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 27.2 Mixed 18 31% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 16%

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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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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