Alienware M14xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


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 45.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.21% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware M14xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR2
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 23:24
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Memory 68.6 1-Core 33.3 2-Core 65.6 38% 55.8 Pts	4-Core 123 8-Core 152 18% 138 Pts	64-Core 158 10% 158 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 69%

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: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8253 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.21% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 7.35 Parallax 9.34 7% 8.25 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 9.6 Splatting 10.6 8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.21% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD mSATA 64GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 55GB free Firmware: 01MG Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3676 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 12 (B2) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 2 2 4355 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 783217390 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1208953506	44.7% Average	Read 486 Write 104 Mixed 172 55% 254 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 5.44 51% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 66.3 DQ Mixed 7.49 30% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 51%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 188 1308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 843 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 831 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 147 147 161710 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 35 (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	64.3% Good	Read 116 Write 108 Mixed 111 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.27 83% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73BH0-CK0 2x8GB 1,654 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	47.4% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 57%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

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 $46Bench 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 $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 $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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