Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.7% 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	88.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '20 at 13:38
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2960XM 863 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 93 2-Core 161 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 452 47% 380 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 840M 2 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Dell(1028 048F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.7% Below average	Lighting 52.4 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 40.5 43% 41.8 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 35.2 Splatting 31.1 28% 34.6 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 38%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 345 292 353 349 349 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 444 Write 355 Mixed 283 SusWrite 332 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 31.7 111% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 256 220% 325 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 129%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 21 25 22 21 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 65.2 Mixed 39 SusWrite 22.4 29% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.4 129% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C11 4x8GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 21.5 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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