Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.8% 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	69.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 9 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

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

System	Alienware M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '17 at 05:53
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 87.6 2-Core 169 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 422 49% 379 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M 434 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Dell(1028 048F) 2GB CLim: 620 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 365.19 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 13.6 12% 15.4 fps	MRender 19.7 Gravity 16 Splatting 16.3 14% 17.3 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 796GB free Firmware: EMT0 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 507 Write 407 Mixed 421 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 16.7 76% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 46.7 DQ Mixed 16.1 18% 30.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 133%
Samsung PM871 2.5 7m 256GB 187 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 503 Write 185 Mixed 215 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 22.7 86% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 86.1 111% 204 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 94%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 2TB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1.5TB free, PID 3940 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 87.8 Write 38.6 Mixed 50.4 67% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.2 18% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 17.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 56%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

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Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR1

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	34x
Core i7-2860QMIntel $469Bench 62%, 4,317 samples	16x
Core i7-2960XMIntelBench 65%, 863 samples	12x

GPU
GeForce GTX 560MNvidiaBench 7%, 6,267 samples	34x
GeForce GTX 580MNvidiaBench 13%, 434 samples	23x
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	11x

SSD
MX300 750GBCrucial $160Bench 89%, 24,471 samples	5x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples	5x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	4x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	10x
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 51%, 254 samples	7x
NT2GC64B88G0NS-DI 4x2GBNanyaBench 48%, 68 samples	5x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $360

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 $178	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