Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 17%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 14.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics7.7% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware M18xR1  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware M18xR1
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110729
Uptime1 Days
Run DateApr 24 '20 at 16:46
Run Duration268 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 79%

 PC Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2760QM-$130
CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
14.2% Very poor
Memory 22.9
1-Core 11.3
2-Core 16
12% 16.7 Pts
4-Core 30.4
8-Core 52.3
5% 41.3 Pts
64-Core 46.9
3% 46.9 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 14.2%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 6970M
Dell(1028 048F) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
7.7% Terrible
Lighting 10.4
Reflection 6.35
Parallax 8.78
8% 8.52 fps
MRender 5.52
Gravity 7.53
Splatting 8.83
6% 7.29 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 7.7%
Great: 13%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB
407GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 105 107 59 97 80 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
42% Average
Read 59.9
Write 83
Mixed 39.1
SusWrite 86.1
49% 67 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.1
65% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 42%
Great: 70%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PB3OC64G
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 13 19 11 12 16 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
8.33% Terrible
Read 14
Write 20.8
Mixed 16.7
SusWrite 14.9
12% 16.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
60% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 8.33%
Great: 42%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
27.1% Poor
MC Read 12.1
MC Write 10.7
MC Mixed 11.3
32% 11.4 GB/s
SC Read 0.4
SC Write 2.1
SC Mixed 0.8
3% 1.1 GB/s
Latency 300
13% 300 ns
Poor: 37%
This bench: 27.1%
Great: 56%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M18xR1 Builds (Compare 106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR1

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 42% - Average Total price: $360
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HDDRAMUSB
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