Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	132% 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.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% 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

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 05:23
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	97%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4940MX 2,383 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 87.9 2-Core 130 64% 102 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 478 46% 377 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67% Good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 53.7 Parallax 49.7 80% 67 fps	MRender 58.2 Gravity 48.9 Splatting 50.6 43% 52.6 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 500GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 732 644 699 672 744 753 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1,010 Write 652 Mixed 376 SusWrite 707 153% 686 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 37.1 96% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 458 DQ Mixed 375 289% 389 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 445%
Liteonit DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GB 888 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 10GB free Firmware: DMH110B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 425 Write 188 Mixed 202 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 23.4 86% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 176 148% 216 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 18.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 87%

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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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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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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 $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	53x

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 $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 $184	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) $35	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