Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	146% 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.
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.

CPU throttled at 93% 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.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '19 at 14:03
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	93%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3940XM-$344 2,187 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 207 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 486 50% 403 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 0550) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 85 Reflection 54 Parallax 49.7 69% 62.9 fps	MRender 60.7 Gravity 48.6 Splatting 51 43% 53.4 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 581 726 733 752 773 730 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,030 Write 620 Mixed 483 SusWrite 716 159% 712 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 40.9 140% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 425 DQ Mixed 302 256% 372 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 18GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 231 234 233 242 219 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.4% Good	Read 248 Write 224 Mixed 237 SusWrite 228 53% 234 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 34 107% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 199 150% 199 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 4x8GB 1,157 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.6 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 58%

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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	40x
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	40x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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