Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.37% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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 M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	16.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 19:54
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 85 2-Core 141 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 432 41% 341 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660M 7,381 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 0550) 2GB CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	8.37% Terrible	Lighting 9.3 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 11 8% 9.6 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 11.1 Splatting 12.6 10% 12 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.37% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 425GB free Firmware: JE4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4647 (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 63 63 16249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4023 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 270 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 246943 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 214748889125 (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	34.2% Below average	Read 81.3 Write 38 Mixed 57.4 44% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.18 48% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 53%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 171 1200 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4842 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4573 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 12197 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 98100 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 39 (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 87 87 10210 (F1) Unknown 200 200 64369379530 (F2) Unknown 200 200 103293759099 (FE) Unknown 188 188 12	55.1% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 98.2 Mixed 87.7 70% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.22 52% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HB0NS-CG CT51264BF160BJ.M8F NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI CT102464BF160B.C16 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.2% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 46%

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	41x
Core i7-3840QMIntel $549Bench 66%, 3,981 samples	29x
Core i7-3940XMIntel $344Bench 70%, 2,187 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	41x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	32x
GTX 675MNvidiaBench 12%, 994 samples	26x

SSD
SSDSC2KG038T8R 4TBBench 80%, 26 samples	11x
LMH-256V2M-11 MSATA 256GBLiteonBench 76%, 938 samples	6x
840 Evo mSATA 1TBSamsungBench 100%, 613 samples	6x

RAM
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 32GBMicronBench 52%, 12 samples	11x
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 32GBMicronBench 55%, 10 samples	9x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,421 samples	6x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $420

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