Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 11:31
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3920XM 797 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 93.6 2-Core 156 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 456 45% 368 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 0550) 2GB CLim: 758 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 22 Parallax 28.8 37% 31.9 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 28.4 Splatting 22.8 22% 26.8 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 197 206 200 202 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 450 Write 262 Mixed 276 SusWrite 202 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 28.2 79% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 263 205% 285 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 107%
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 230GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 204 202 197 198 197 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 427 Write 450 Mixed 329 SusWrite 231 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 30.9 101% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 277 225% 318 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 107%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 238GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 227 228 228 227 225 MB/s Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.3% Above average	Read 252 Write 230 Mixed 204 SusWrite 226 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 21.8 78% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 98.2 DQ Mixed 131 100% 138 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 64D0JKHNK 4x8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.7 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 57%

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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