Alienware M14xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.22% 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	The 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware M14xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR2
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 17:05
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3230M-$100 61,311 User benchmarks, average bench 49% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 86.7 1-Core 78.4 2-Core 136 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 182 23% 175 Pts	64-Core 177 11% 177 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 650M 12,732 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 0552) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7866 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.22% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 7.42 Parallax 9.41 7% 8.3 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 9.6 Splatting 10.6 8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.22% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Verbatim USB External SSD 128GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 119GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 384 Write 169 Mixed 232 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 7.33 55% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 92.7 DQ Write 71.6 DQ Mixed 8.01 26% 57.4 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 45%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: GH2OA500 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 218 218 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1822 (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 52 52 21362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1810 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 3 3 974735 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 219044184101 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 58 58 18794 (F1) Unknown 100 100 43299567757 (F2) Unknown 100 100 41656369979 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	72.1% Very good	Read 122 Write 130 Mixed 92.2 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.11 46% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF160B.M16 1x8GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	31.4% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.87 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 9.6 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 32%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware M14xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	116x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	83x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	35x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	191x
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples	103x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	2x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 32GBSamsungBench 41%, 860 samples	18x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	12x
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	11x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	19x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	14x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $420

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