Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140623
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 20:37
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4940MX 2,383 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 231 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 605 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 880M 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 347.88 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.6% Poor	Lighting 34.3 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 33.7 28% 33.8 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 31.4 Splatting 31.1 27% 33.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 840GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 20 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 12 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 464795086
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
Liteon IT LMT-25 256GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 523 (AF) Unknown 0 0 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 1 1 58111 (B2) Unknown 0 0 0 (B3) Unknown 0 0 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1376 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 299854 (F2) Unknown 100 100 600257	82.3% Excellent	Read 467 Write 413 Mixed 425 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 33.1 107% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 72.6 DQ Mixed 67.8 61% 93.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 742GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 180 1908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 505 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13556 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 198 (F1) Unknown 200 200 3616491166 (F2) Unknown 200 200 4194132706 (FE) Unknown 199 199 1	53.7% Above average	Read 91.4 Write 95.7 Mixed 88.5 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6N1 4x8GB 291 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 58%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 18%

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System: Alienware 18

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	61x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	58x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	53x

GPU
GTX 880MNvidiaBench 28%, 2,147 samples	106x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	53x
GTX 780MNvidiaBench 23%, 3,739 samples	47x

SSD
Ultimate SU800 128GBAdata $30Bench 77%, 32,167 samples	11x
hynix SH920 mSATA 256GBSKBench 70%, 756 samples	10x
DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GBLiteonitBench 67%, 888 samples	10x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 2,172 samples	27x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 54%, 1,917 samples	25x
8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 53%, 1,119 samples	17x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $239

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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