Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.1% 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	47.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	28.3 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	Dec 30 '19 at 16:08
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3840QM-$549 3,981 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 222 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 247 49% 332 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.8% 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: 772 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 9.09 15% 12.8 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 13.3 Splatting 19.7 13% 15.7 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 681GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMJ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 433 439 436 437 434 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 204 Write 105 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 434 47% 207 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 17.5 4K Mixed 9.9 42% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 101%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 30GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 82 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	35.6% Below average	Read 240 Write 85.5 Mixed 125 SusWrite 82.7 29% 133 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 27.3 4K Mixed 13.5 53% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 33.9 DQ Mixed 57.7 55% 91.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 44%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 566GB free Firmware: SM11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 97 97 96 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 54.5 Write 97 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 96.6 54% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 382% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 65%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 231GB free Firmware: GH2OA500 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 109 110 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 108 Write 118 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 109 64% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 62.2% 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 below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 3.5 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 11.7 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 56%

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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	42x
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	42x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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