Alienware 18

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 20:04
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	24%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 543 56% 448 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770M 6,357 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 05AB) 3GB CLim: 862 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 14% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 512GB 576 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM43D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 12 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1759 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 85 85 538 (B2) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 99 99 12 (B4) Unknown 99 99 18292 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40697702074 (F2) Unknown 99 99 84928281479	70.2% Very good	Read 504 Write 118 Mixed 178 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 23.6 106% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 70.3 100% 191 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 107%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 226GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 170 1308 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4943 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 16041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1757 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 3746 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 194918 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 36 (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 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 93 93 5419 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8302217581 (F2) Unknown 200 200 45037990131 (FE) Unknown 199 199 1	46.2% Average	Read 89.4 Write 71.3 Mixed 74.7 59% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 71%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 149GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 75.3 Write 78.2 Mixed 53.4 87% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.18 57% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GB 1,119 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 57%

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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 $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