Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	60.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	18.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '18 at 11:10
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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 i7-3610QM-$300 38,575 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 75.2 2-Core 164 63% 107 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 383 39% 316 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ZTC-MS001-512G 512GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: O072 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 296 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7854 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15650 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5030 (F5) Unknown 100 100 31416	60.8% Good	Read 267 Write 250 Mixed 258 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 28.5 97% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18.3 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 13.6 37% 73.4 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 81%
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: SE0O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 123 100 68719476737 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 71 (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 100 100 27 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 57 354025498 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 51 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 458759 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 311 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	57.8% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 102 Mixed 99.3 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 60%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" (32GB NAND) 1TB-$41 561 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 931GB free Firmware: SD02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91652912 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28556103 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 437649434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33865 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 77309411354 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	69.3% Good	Read 129 Write 111 Mixed 113 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.19 4K Mixed 0.6 191% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 66%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: 0005 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 140523744 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5500 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3621771 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 964 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 437583898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44340 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 140523744 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68470368631054 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1476267148 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1684825191 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	54.1% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 93.8 Mixed 88.3 69% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.58 110% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6N1 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.1% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 15.8 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns

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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	42x
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	42x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16