Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

CPU throttled at 96% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	9.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 21:59
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	6%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930MX 1,497 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 506 55% 436 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 880M 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 362.0 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.1% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 19.3 Parallax 14.9 18% 18.8 fps	MRender 17 Gravity 10.8 Splatting 17.5 12% 15.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 894GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2158 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 329 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 36 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13381423289	67.7% Good	Read 476 Write 323 Mixed 349 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 16.5 93% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 46.4 DQ Mixed 46 33% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 126%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 416GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 171 1500 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 543 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (BF) G-sense error rate 95 95 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6649 (C2) HDA temperature 106 92 41 (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 100 100 171 (F1) Unknown 200 200 2794335066 (F2) Unknown 200 200 1891503347 (FE) Unknown 195 195 5	66.4% Good	Read 112 Write 119 Mixed 104 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 71%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 97GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 97.7 130% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.27 65% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ40UG8EFU0-GN-F 3x4GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.3 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 56%

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Gaming 21%

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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	53x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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