Alienware M14xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 35.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	4.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware M14xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR1
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '19 at 11:37
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2670QM-$200 51,169 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Memory 59.8 1-Core 17.8 2-Core 37.8 28% 38.5 Pts	4-Core 63.5 8-Core 93.9 10% 78.7 Pts	64-Core 106 7% 106 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 555M 4,170 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Dell(1028 0491) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9135 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	4.6% Terrible	Lighting 4.77 Reflection 6 Parallax 2.12 4% 4.3 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 5.67 Splatting 8.13 6% 7.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.6% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 139 138 138 137 52 MB/s Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.1% Average	Read 197 Write 161 Mixed 156 SusWrite 131 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 30.8 4K Mixed 24.8 79% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 143 120% 173 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905428-435.A00LF 99U5428-018.A00LF 16GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 5.1 14% 5.03 GB/s	Latency 128 31% 128 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 57%

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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 6%

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Alienware M14xR1

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	48x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	46x
Core i5-2430MIntel $53Bench 50%, 41,461 samples	22x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	81x
GeForce GT 555MNvidiaBench 4%, 4,170 samples	56x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	21x

SSD
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	6x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	5x
WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GBWDCBench 87%, 12,305 samples	4x

RAM
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 47%, 143 samples	23x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	10x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 40%, 8,137 samples	9x

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Value: 30% - Poor

Total price: $451

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $252	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	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