Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.13% 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	81.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130131
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '19 at 01:54
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 154 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 448 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660M 7,381 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 0550) 2GB CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	8.13% Terrible	Lighting 9.07 Reflection 8.42 Parallax 10.7 7% 9.39 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 12 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.13% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingFast 512GB 3,625 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: KFS10010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 393 424 422 423 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 466 Write 411 Mixed 317 SusWrite 399 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 25.9 83% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 202 174% 256 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 187%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 345GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 69 69 69 68 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 111 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 68.3 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905428-095.D00LF 2x8GB 636 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.5% 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 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	41x
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	41x
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 $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