Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 45.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	13.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 13:46
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3610QM-$300 38,575 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Memory 68.1 1-Core 33.5 2-Core 66.6 38% 56.1 Pts	4-Core 129 8-Core 167 19% 148 Pts	64-Core 168 10% 168 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 0550) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4885 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.73% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 5.38 Parallax 2.78 3% 4.09 fps	MRender 5.52 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.74 4% 5.18 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.73% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 420 415 422 421 420 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 458 Write 440 Mixed 381 SusWrite 426 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 32.7 108% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 181 140% 190 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 126%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 686GB free Firmware: 0005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 116 117 117 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 118 Write 117 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 116 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 2x8GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.5 21% 7.2 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 57%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	41x
Core i7-3840QMIntel $549Bench 66%, 3,981 samples	29x
Core i7-3940XMIntel $344Bench 70%, 2,187 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	41x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	32x
GTX 675MNvidiaBench 12%, 994 samples	26x

SSD
SSDSC2KG038T8R 4TBBench 80%, 26 samples	11x
LMH-256V2M-11 MSATA 256GBLiteonBench 76%, 938 samples	6x
840 Evo mSATA 1TBSamsungBench 100%, 613 samples	6x

RAM
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 32GBMicronBench 52%, 12 samples	11x
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 32GBMicronBench 55%, 10 samples	9x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,421 samples	6x

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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