Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 00:03
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2960XM 863 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 173 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 448 50% 393 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M 434 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Dell(1028 048F) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 269.3 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 15.5 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 13.3 13% 15.4 fps	MRender 16.7 Gravity 13.3 Splatting 16.2 13% 15.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 20%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
M18X_RAID0 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 816GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 102 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.41 95% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GB 422 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

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 $176	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