Alienware M14xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 43.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

System	Alienware M14xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR2
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 03:17
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Memory 67.8 1-Core 32.6 2-Core 55.4 36% 51.9 Pts	4-Core 114 8-Core 140 16% 127 Pts	64-Core 155 10% 155 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0552) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.2% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 7.27 Parallax 0.88 1% 3.15 fps	MRender 1.95 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 2.48 1% 1.72 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.2% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 64GB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 16GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7368 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7534 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 235 (B2) Unknown 91 91 72 (B3) Unknown 92 92 118 (B4) Unknown 92 92 1514 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 91 91 744 (F1) Unknown 99 99 207890477 (F2) Unknown 99 99 463898145	42.3% Average	Read 443 Write 105 Mixed 116 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 23.1 4K Mixed 12.4 51% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 94 DQ Write 29.9 DQ Mixed 24.9 28% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 62%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 178 1183 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7569 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7528 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 2697 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 273 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 54451 (C2) HDA temperature 104 89 43 (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 91 91 7295 (F1) Unknown 200 200 48158333993 (F2) Unknown 200 200 60507807441 (FE) Unknown 165 165 35	40.3% Average	Read 66.9 Write 73.5 Mixed 66.1 52% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73BH0-CK0 2x8GB 1,654 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 7.3 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 57%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware M14xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	116x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	83x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	35x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	191x
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples	103x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	2x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 32GBSamsungBench 41%, 860 samples	18x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	12x
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	11x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	19x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	14x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $420

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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