*OFFICIAL* Alienware 17 and M17x Benchmark Thread - Part 4

Just wanted to post my benchmark from 3DMark11 (GPU 1000/1600) (CPU 40,39,38,38) AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P6879 3DMarks

Score
P6879 3DMarks

Graphics Score
6603

Physics Score
8672

Combined Score
6907

 

Yepp, firing on all cylinders!

Very nice run!

 

Good to hear. Just wanted to make sure there wasn't any issues.

 

Hello

Upgrad M17X R4 3920Xm ES

First 3Dmark Vantage

Spoiler

 

Great score

 

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Riri, What are clocks set to?

 

Just wanted to share my benchmark results.

Alienware M17x R4 7970M Stock Clocks on 8.982.0.0 AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P5764 3DMarks

Alienware M17x R4 7970M Clocked (960/1450) on 8.982.0.0 AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P6503 3DMarks

Is it good?

EDIT: Tried copying mikecacho's OC and my Alienware crashed. LOL. Had to restart. Now I smell like something's burning!!! :O

 

That seems with the stock vbios? Is that correct? Max core OC (+135) and +275 memory. That is way too nice! Great score!

 

Got some benches on the M17 after the 2920 install and OC to 4.0Ghz. Also OC'd the 6990 to 815/1000.

Throttled on Vantage but still scored pretty high, other runs didn't appear to throttle.

3DMark06: 24149

3DMark11: 3988

3DMarkVantage: 16271

Got a 4054 on 3DMark11 with 4.2 on the Proc and 820/1100 on the GPU. Don't think I'm going to push for more, just happy I broke the 4k mark.

Found out that the proc was throttling due to lack of voltage in the above 4.2 run, fixed that and will run the 3d tests again this evening when I have personal internet available again. Did get to do a wprime 1.55 64m run @ 4.4 and got a 5.76.

Thanks to Mr. Fox for the willingness to help and answering of countless questions!

 

I told you it was a good overclocker!

 

Yeah it's good to go for the 3dMark series of tests that's for sure. Definitely satisfied.

 

***Clocks set to 1000/1600

Just wanted to post my scores on the new modded drivers Catalyst Mobility 12.9
AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P6903 3DMarks
Score
P6903 3DMarks

Graphics Score
6640

Physics Score
8627

Combined Score
6887

Here is the link for the 12.892 drivers test AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P6879 3DMarks
Score
P6879 3DMarks

Graphics Score
6603

Physics Score
8672

Combined Score
6907

With Crysis 2 run on Ultra settings at 1.9GB of Vram usage, Crysis benchmark tool ran at 57.1 FPS, with 1000/1600 clock speeds. Normal clocks "view SIG" ran at 50.4 FPS, G-Wiz Info.

 

Ok. So I started living on the dangerous side due to Borderlands 2 not getting enough CPU to push PhysX during 4 player games. Not sure how much it will actually help but I did the bottlecap lift for cooling on it. I did not repaste. Temps maxed out at 91C during testing and Intel XTU 5 minute stress test. Turbo is set at 41/40/39/39 with normal Level 1 settings (I think the processor gets a little more juice or something).

Pre-overclock (baseline)

3DMark 2011​

Score	Graphics Score	Physics Score	Combined Score
P5896	5547	8807	5761

AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3820QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P5896 3DMarks

3DMark Vantage​

Score	Graphics Score	CPU Score
P22475	21878	24482

AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3820QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P22475 3DMarks

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After overclock

3DMark 2011​

Score	Graphics Score	Physics Score	Combined Score
P5946	5562	9415	5753

AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3820QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P5946 3DMarks

3DMark Vantage​

Score	Graphics Score	CPU Score
P23122	22171	26539

AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3820QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P23122 3DMarks

 

Question...What is the highest over clocked dell 680M scroe for vantage and 3dmark11? Thanks.

 

The Vantage score seems to me a little low - you should have broked 17K at that values ( I didn't test the others so intensively only on stock clocks and my 2670Q / 6990 stock is not far behind (compared with your 4K cpu + 6990 oc) what RAM do you use and most important what vdrivers -

 

V-Drivers are stock Dell, got tired of fighting to get anything newer installed after the card vanished on me the last time. Have 12gb of Ram, 8 is Kingston Hyper-x 1600 and 4 is stock nanya 1600. Since those runs I've learned a little more from Johnksss on why I was throttling and think it's fixed now, I just haven't brought the computer back to the room to test it again.

Are there any decent benchmark tests that don't require an internet connection to see your scores? Unless I'm missing a setting in all of them, every 3DMark requires one.

 

u can try all the unigine benchmarks like heaven for example

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

Thanks I'll look for them tonight.

I took the 17 back to the room now that the throttling issue is fixed, think Vantage was around a 16,500 or so but definitely not 17. Will have to look online tonight and see if it saved my scores.

Got a 24,900 3d06 score and just over 4100 on 3d11 with a 4.2GHz oc and the 6990 at 815 / 1100.

Pretty sure I'm not going to get it any higher until I get home and can get some IC Diamond and a cooler environment.

 

Yes. Buy it.

 

Not sure I'd get my money's worth, especially if it's tied to the computer it's installed on when purchased. If it came with a disc and I knew it would transfer I'd probably pick it up.

 

Nope. it's tied to your 3dmark.com account and can be installed on as many machines as you like, but only your account will accept the serial number when you submit a score.

 

my first 3dmark11 overclocked score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P6048 3DMarks

without over clock I got score about 5900+

 

That's a bit low on the GPU score. With my stock 680m I get about 63xx-64xx GPU score. Both my Dell and Clevo cards score that at stock clocks.
Looking at you second screen shot it's clear you are encountering the throttle issue the Dell cards are plagued with.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P6430 3DMarks

 

What kind of score do you get for vantage?

 

thanks for you reply.
even i felt that something was weird with my 680m
then i brought my clocks back to stock and scored P6280! REALLY WIERD!
and then i only increased the clocks on shader to max +135 (memory +0) and scored a P6434
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P6434 3DMarks

in the first benchmark, i had also increased the clocks on memory to +603, i think that that might be causing me some problems(dont know how?)
the highest temps i get after running battlefield 3 for almost 2 hours is 72C
i have other people getting upto 85-90C on their graphic card(which they say is normal/safe)
is this a throttling issue?

 

Here are my best 3dmark scores with the Clevo 4GB 680m in my M17x R4.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P26393 3DMarks
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P8261 3DMarks

 

how did you manage 8k+??!!
what are your clock speeds and temps?

 

The throttling isn't because of temperature in the Dell 680m. The vbios throttles the card when the memory is overclocked and or when the core is overclocked past a certain point. (75 mhz over stock for me)
So yes, you were experiencing throttling.

I have a Clevo 680m as well as my Dell 680m. I'm using a custom vbios with voltage maxed and with my stock clock set at above 900mhz.
With those scores I was clocked at 1057/2400. That seems to be my max. The temps never went above 68* C with the fans on max.

 

What was the core over clock set to?

 

Is there any way to prevent the throttling on the dell 680m?
can we unlock the bios?
if so, could you please guide me how to do it?

 

Looking at your test, You throttle in test one. That's why your score is low. Try a lower core over clock first. That score should almost be matching test 2.

 

1057 Core
2400 Memory
Here is a slightly better score. Overclocked the CPU block to 103.5mhz.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P8316 3DMarks

 

Have you ran the vantage extreme test yet?

 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: X16006 3DMarks
Couldn't run stable at 2400 memory so I clocked down to 2300.

 

ooops, was thinking that was a different run...haha on me.

Looks good.

 

so, i have experimenting with clock speeds all night and here is my conclusion.
increasing the memory clock, lowers the performance no matter what the shader clock is.
the max score i got was P6471 with shader +120 and memory +0
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P6471 3DMarks
Max Temp - 69C

anything else gives a lower score.

will overclocking my cpu help the score? (i7-3720QM)

so that means my graphic card is throttling and there is no way i can bypass it?

 

As of this moment there is no way of getting past the throttling on the Dell 680m.
That's why I purchased a Clevo 680m. Overclocking the CPU will increase your overall score, but will have no effect on the GPU score.

 

Yeah, working on that part at the moment....

 

Really sad, thanks for the info though.
I found a lots of vbioses on the internet for the clevo and msi laptops with 680m.
too bad the 680m cant be used to its full potential in alienware laptops.
nevertheless, i can still play all games at ultra without overclocking!
thanks again for the info, your help is appreciated

thank you very much for your dedication!

and also i have a query,
in gpuz
Screenshot by Lightshot
mine shows a boost clock which is a bit higher than the set clock
in your screenshot, it is the same. can the gpu boost be disabled?(not that i want to!)
and my pixel fillrate, texture fillrate and bandwidth is lesser than yours.
my bus interface keep fluctuating from 3.0 to 2.0 to 1.1 back and forth, should i be worried?
is your result due to your modified bios?

 

Some what...more due to the user though....But you need the right tools to start with.

Even that vbios you are using...you keep trying to start off in outer space on clocks. Just start lower. Like 95+ on core and see if you can get test 1 and 2 to match. Until you figure that out, your scores will never go up my friend.

 

how do the pros consistently overclock higher than everyone else...is their a registry tweak or program i could use

 

the pros have proper (pro)cooling mate, comes to extreme sometimes

 

It's not only the cooling. They have access to the best quality cards. For us, it's dumb luck if we get an amazing card.

 

This is one way

=

I7 920xm (ES) on dry ice

wPrime 32M @ 4.002MHz: 6.275 sec

wPrime 1024M @ 4002.3 MHz: 192.72 sec

 

lol! overkiiiiiill!

 

No such thing!

 

Can someone tell me why its so hard for modders to figure out why the dell card throttles so bad at high clicks? Don't mean this in an arrogant way, just curious to why clevo cards were so ez to do and dell cards seem to be a head ache.

 

sure..

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Side note: Clevo cards dont seem to be doing all that well in sli mode....Just a thought...

 

Lol john. But for modders that Prolly looks like a normal sentence. I get why it can be crazy in the coding aspect I was more talkin about just the odd disparity between cards and the code. But I don't truly know enough to even fathom all that for a into it.