Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.6% 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 Drive	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '19 at 22:17
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$48 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 93.3 2-Core 188 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 438 45% 362 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290X 1,411 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 19.1 12% 15.5 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 13.3 Splatting 15.8 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 27%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Acsc2m25 6mSA 185GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: P083 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 109 115 110 111 115 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.2% Above average	Read 287 Write 163 Mixed 204 SusWrite 116 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 11.2 90% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 66.7 89% 158 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 60%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 881 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 647GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 39 41 39 39 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 371 Write 84.8 Mixed 190 SusWrite 42.5 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 11.1 88% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 68.6 89% 156 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 400%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 335GB free Firmware: JF4OA0D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 99 100 99 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 106 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 98.9 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ40UG8EFU0-GN-F 4x4GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 18.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 57%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $48Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 880MNvidiaBench 28%, 2,147 samples	106x
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	25x
8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 53%, 1,119 samples	17x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $239

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16