Alienware M14xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.31% 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	54.1% 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.

CPU throttled at 93% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware M14xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR2
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '16 at 02:16
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	93%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3940XM-$344 2,187 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 521 60% 466 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 650M 12,732 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 0552) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7595 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.31% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 7.46 Parallax 9.28 7% 8.33 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 9.6 Splatting 10.7 8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.31% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 128GB 663 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3230 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4385 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 277 (B2) Unknown 95 95 82 (B3) Unknown 95 95 156 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3108 (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 2 (E8) Unknown 95 95 1550 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8105717196 (F2) Unknown 99 99 13911126589	54.1% Above average	Read 477 Write 252 Mixed 332 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 16.9 60% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 13.9 DQ Write 34.2 DQ Mixed 8.89 11% 19 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 454GB free Firmware: 0005DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 240 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2398 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 98609217 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2395 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 47 404029464 (BF) G-sense error rate 80 80 40287 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3600 (C2) HDA temperature 24 53 55834574872 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 113 99 240 (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 -65562675769596 (F1) Unknown 100 253 749010635 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1073474993 (FE) Unknown 1 1 3	60.6% Good	Read 104 Write 107 Mixed 89.8 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.47 89% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GB 22,647 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 58%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware M14xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	116x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	83x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	35x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	191x
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples	103x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	2x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 32GBSamsungBench 41%, 860 samples	18x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	12x
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	11x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	19x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	14x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $420

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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