Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.6% 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	83.3% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130131
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '19 at 20:49
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3840QM-$549 3,981 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 196 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 528 54% 435 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 675M 994 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Dell(1028 0550) 2GB CLim: 620 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 14.7 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 13.5 12% 15.3 fps	MRender 20.2 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 15.9 14% 17.1 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 671GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMJ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 430 443 435 435 422 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 412 Write 262 Mixed 364 SusWrite 431 83% 367 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 26 88% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 215 184% 269 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 101%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 30GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 84 83 83 83 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.5% Below average	Read 241 Write 86.8 Mixed 128 SusWrite 83.2 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 26.4 4K Mixed 13.2 53% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 33.1 DQ Mixed 59.3 56% 91.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 44%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 604GB free Firmware: SM11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 99 99 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 98.9 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2 367% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 65%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 232GB free Firmware: GH2OA500 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 107 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 128 Write 133 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 108 71% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73BH0-CK0 4x8GB 290 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 56%

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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	40x
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	40x
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 $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) $30	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