Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	36.5% 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	71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WJJ9
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150904
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 21:34
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4910MQ-$110 6,703 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Memory 69 1-Core 36.1 2-Core 71.5 39% 58.9 Pts	4-Core 125 8-Core 189 20% 157 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.5% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 50.4 33% 48.6 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 50.4 Splatting 51.1 43% 53.1 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple SM256E 251GB 850 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 9A1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23197 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 462 (A9) Unknown 253 253 1581076453632 (AD) Unknown 104 104 11347493587697 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 84 (C2) HDA temperature 65 37 270583857187 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 198 198 1	71% Very good	Read 472 Write 356 Mixed 449 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 19.8 76% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 96.1 DQ Mixed 68.9 76% 131 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 97%
Hitachi HTS725050A7 500GB 532 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 448GB free Firmware: A560 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 228 228 81604378625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 515 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 725 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 32396 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 206159478817 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 245 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10852949388 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9873613337 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	63.7% Good	Read 119 Write 103 Mixed 127 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB M471B1G73QH0-YK0 M471B1G73QH0-YK0 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 10.7 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 104 39% 104 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

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	54x

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 $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