Alienware 18

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 20:34
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4700MQ-$209 69,603 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 188 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 416 47% 370 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 860M 18,736 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 05AB) 2GB CLim: 915 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.70 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 11% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 30628216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 40432822131388 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2293 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 159 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 59 1013616148514 (C2) HDA temperature 34 59 1013616148514 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 30628216 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 30628216 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 30628216 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23188 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12569 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12569 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18309 (F4) Unknown 97 97 196673634	57.9% Above average	Read 412 Write 196 Mixed 259 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 7.49 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 14.1 81% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 88.5 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 41.8 55% 96.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 41GB free Firmware: DEM7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44075528 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 86632307 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3275 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 41 8659209093153 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 662 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65822 (C2) HDA temperature 33 59 -167503724511 (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 82459077125026 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15789118294 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26712739616 (FE) Unknown 1 1 562	43.5% Average	Read 73 Write 77.2 Mixed 82.8 59% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.39 160% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 2x4GB 18,159 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 18%

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System: Alienware 18

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	61x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	58x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 880MNvidiaBench 28%, 2,147 samples	106x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	53x
GTX 780MNvidiaBench 23%, 3,739 samples	47x

SSD
Ultimate SU800 128GBAdata $30Bench 77%, 32,167 samples	11x
hynix SH920 mSATA 256GBSKBench 70%, 756 samples	10x
DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GBLiteonitBench 67%, 888 samples	10x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 2,172 samples	27x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 54%, 1,917 samples	25x
8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 53%, 1,119 samples	17x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $239

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