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 (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	15.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150904
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 01 '16 at 16:42
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 182 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 506 53% 426 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 765M 7,023 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Dell(1028 05AB) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 11% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Corsair CMFSSD-1 128GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: VAM0501Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24392 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 922 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 90 90 12 (B3) Unknown 98 98 50 (B4) Unknown 98 98 3854 (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 90 90 110 (E9) Unknown 74 74 1086801686	15.8% Very poor	Read 88.5 Write 33.5 Mixed 42.7 12% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 4.97 36% 9.32 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 51%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$60 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 252GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 183 1783 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 951 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 947 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1111 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 109316 (C2) HDA temperature 119 93 28 (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 94 94 4849 (F1) Unknown 200 200 23301670714 (F2) Unknown 200 200 29555164658 (FE) Unknown 193 193 7	54.8% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 93.6 Mixed 97 72% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 M471B5173QH0-YK0 M471B5173EB0-YK0 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	45.1% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 13 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 50%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

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 $46Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 880MNvidiaBench 28%, 2,147 samples	107x
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	26x
8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 53%, 1,119 samples	17x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $239

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16