Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	11.1% 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	34.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 05:59
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930MX 1,497 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Memory 62.6 1-Core 23.3 2-Core 44.6 31% 43.5 Pts	4-Core 71.6 8-Core 119 12% 95.2 Pts	64-Core 117 7% 117 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770M 6,357 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 05AB) 3GB CLim: 862 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.3 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 11 12% 11.5 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 9.04 8% 10.4 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841N mSATA 128GB 851 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM45D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 40 43 53 53 49 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.8% Below average	Read 185 Write 126 Mixed 169 SusWrite 49.4 30% 132 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 26.3 4K Mixed 18.4 61% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 106 82% 113 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 94%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 23GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 221 243 245 249 114 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.1% Average	Read 279 Write 176 Mixed 206 SusWrite 217 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 13.8 44% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 126 96% 130 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 102%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 250GB free Firmware: LCM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 66 66 68 67 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 105 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 67.2 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.1 66% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 71%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 62GB free Firmware: 0109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 71 68 71 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 48 Write 92.7 Mixed 45 SusWrite 71.8 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 180% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 65%
G-DRIVE mobile 4TB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 835GB free, PID 1026 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 95 95 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 103 Write 90 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 95 119% 89 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 174% 2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Kingston KHX1600C9S3L/8G M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Kingston KHX1600C9S3L/8G 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7 17% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 57%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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System: Alienware 18

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	61x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	58x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	53x

GPU
GTX 880MNvidiaBench 28%, 2,147 samples	106x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	53x
GTX 780MNvidiaBench 23%, 3,739 samples	47x

SSD
Ultimate SU800 128GBAdata $30Bench 77%, 32,167 samples	11x
hynix SH920 mSATA 256GBSKBench 70%, 756 samples	10x
DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GBLiteonitBench 67%, 888 samples	10x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 2,172 samples	27x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 54%, 1,917 samples	25x
8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 53%, 1,119 samples	17x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $239

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) $35	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