Alienware 18

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics10.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive151% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 18  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01W2J2
Memory29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180129
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 24 '18 at 16:36
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4940MX
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
74.9% Very good
Memory 81.5
1-Core 117
2-Core 236
80% 145 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 601
59% 484 Pts
64-Core 590
36% 590 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 880M
Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
10.1% Very poor
Lighting 9.87
Reflection 19.8
Parallax 18.9
8% 16.2 fps
MRender 18.4
Gravity 15.3
Splatting 17.6
14% 17.1 fps
Poor: 17%
This bench: 10.1%
Great: 42%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB
770GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 548 482 424 657 667 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
151% Outstanding
Read 1,054
Write 898
Mixed 723
SusWrite 564
181% 810 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 92.6
4K Mixed 50.2
169% 59.9 MB/s
DQ Read 425
DQ Write 552
DQ Mixed 427
340% 468 MB/s
Poor: 120%
This bench: 151%
Great: 445%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
56.9% Above average
MC Read 21.5
MC Write 21.5
MC Mixed 16.5
57% 19.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 20.4
SC Mixed 18.1
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 77.7
52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 56.9%
Great: 66%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 18 Builds (Compare 365 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

System: Alienware 18

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $239
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