Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.2% 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	29.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 15:14
Run Duration	100 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2860QM-$469 4,317 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 180 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 440 49% 384 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970M 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Dell(1028 048F) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 15.3 14% 15.1 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 15.8 11% 12.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8252888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -14826227102042 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1686 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 571 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8252888 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8252888 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8252888 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4878 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6891 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6891 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6714	29.1% Poor	Read 184 Write 59.5 Mixed 79.2 23% 107 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 6.39 52% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 79.2 DQ Write 60.9 DQ Mixed 5.4 22% 48.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 3x4GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 49%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Alienware M18xR1

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	34x
Core i7-2860QMIntel $469Bench 62%, 4,317 samples	16x
Core i7-2960XMIntelBench 65%, 863 samples	12x

GPU
GeForce GTX 560MNvidiaBench 7%, 6,267 samples	34x
GeForce GTX 580MNvidiaBench 13%, 434 samples	23x
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	11x

SSD
MX300 750GBCrucial $160Bench 89%, 24,471 samples	5x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples	5x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	4x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	10x
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 51%, 254 samples	7x
NT2GC64B88G0NS-DI 4x2GBNanyaBench 48%, 68 samples	5x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $360

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