Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	17.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 20:39
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2670QM-$200 51,169 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 151 61% 103 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 102 28% 180 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7970M 939 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Dell(1028 048F) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.100.0.0 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	22.7% Poor	Lighting 27.9 Reflection 26.8 Parallax 35.4 23% 30 fps	MRender 23 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 31.9 23% 27.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 423 429 400 297 200 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 426 Write 396 Mixed 391 SusWrite 357 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 33.6 115% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 278 222% 311 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 123%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 695GB free Firmware: 0002DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 112 111 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 110 Write 80.5 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 111 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 105% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 62%
TDK LoR TF10 8GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 07f0 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	3.76% Terrible	Read 13.2 Write 3.2 Mixed 5 SusWrite 3.9 7% 6.32 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.76% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS1GSK64V3H HMT325S6CFR8C-PB TS1GSK64V3H HMT325S6CFR8C-PB 20GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.7% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 14.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 48%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Alienware M18xR1

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	34x
Core i7-2860QMIntel $469Bench 62%, 4,317 samples	16x
Core i7-2960XMIntelBench 65%, 863 samples	12x

GPU
GeForce GTX 560MNvidiaBench 7%, 6,267 samples	34x
GeForce GTX 580MNvidiaBench 13%, 434 samples	23x
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	11x

SSD
MX300 750GBCrucial $160Bench 89%, 24,471 samples	5x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples	5x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	4x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	10x
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 51%, 254 samples	7x
NT2GC64B88G0NS-DI 4x2GBNanyaBench 48%, 68 samples	5x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $360

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