Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.28% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 20:10
Run Duration	87 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3720QM-$100 9,911 User benchmarks, average bench 65% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 69.3 1-Core 33.2 2-Core 66.6 38% 56.4 Pts	4-Core 113 8-Core 162 17% 137 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 74%

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: 388.0 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	6.28% Terrible	Lighting 6.97 Reflection 6.38 Parallax 8.34 6% 7.23 fps	MRender 9.62 Gravity 8.37 Splatting 9.26 7% 9.08 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.28% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
M18XR2_RAID0 1.5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	162% Outstanding	Read 303 Write 261 Mixed 127 170% 230 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.28 111% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 240%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT325S6CFR8C-PB HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT325S6CFR8C-PB 12GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.2 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.1% 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 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	40x
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	40x
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 $279	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 $182	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