Alienware M14xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	7.2% 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	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M14xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR2
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 21:05
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3210M-$52 79,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Memory 44.3 1-Core 30.2 2-Core 39.1 26% 37.9 Pts	4-Core 80 8-Core 80.4 11% 80.2 Pts	64-Core 82.3 5% 82.3 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 650M 12,732 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 0552) 1GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9125 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.2% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 7.23 Parallax 8.5 7% 7.93 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 9.43 Splatting 10.6 8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.2% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 256GB-$129 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 152 158 192 194 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37% Below average	Read 311 Write 267 Mixed 237 SusWrite 158 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 12.6 4K Mixed 9.1 44% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 58.9 DQ Mixed 35.7 29% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 99%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 29GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 84 84 79 84 83 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.1% Below average	Read 278 Write 84.5 Mixed 114 SusWrite 82.3 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 13.8 55% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 20.9 DQ Write 28.1 DQ Mixed 16 14% 21.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 8GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 13.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 7 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 183 22% 183 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical M14xR2 Builds (Compare 298 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware M14xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	116x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	83x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	35x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	191x
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples	103x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	2x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 32GBSamsungBench 41%, 860 samples	18x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	12x
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	11x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	19x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	14x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $420

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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