Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.7% 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	54.6% 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 10 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '16 at 02:41
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2920XM 906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 471 50% 402 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7970M 939 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Dell(1028 048F) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	23.7% Poor	Lighting 29.2 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 37.8 24% 31.9 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 26.3 Splatting 33.4 24% 28.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 218 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 51 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (64) Unknown 100 100 225952 (65) Unknown 100 100 58544 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 153 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 137 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 627 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 180389478430 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 218 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 218 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 327 (EA) Unknown 100 100 189 (F1) Unknown 100 100 297 (F2) Unknown 100 100 329 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 218	54.6% Above average	Read 472 Write 190 Mixed 160 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 22.2 4K Mixed 8.67 55% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 25.8 62% 133 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 82%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 622GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 121 121 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 495 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 472 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7503 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 214749085723 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2366 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	66.5% Good	Read 115 Write 117 Mixed 75.4 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.19 80% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CK0 4x4GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 56%

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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 $75Bench 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: 54% - Above average

Total price: $275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16