Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	304% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '20 at 19:17
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3940XM-$344 2,187 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 659 69% 551 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 1,190 User benchmarks, average bench 96% Dell(1028 0550) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4575 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 139 Parallax 135 109% 136 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 110 Splatting 102 95% 119 fps
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 783GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2234 2118 1496 1471 1488 1557 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 1,792 Write 1,616 Mixed 1,457 SusWrite 1,727 371% 1,648 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 81.4 271% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,042 DQ Write 875 DQ Mixed 940 709% 952 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 EVO mSATA 500GB 1,650 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 306GB free Firmware: RVT44B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 247 244 235 240 239 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	73.1% Very good	Read 252 Write 238 Mixed 240 SusWrite 242 55% 243 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 33.8 128% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 199 150% 199 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 26.3 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 25.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 90%

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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 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	40x
Core i7-3840QMIntel $549Bench 66%, 3,981 samples	29x
Core i7-3940XMIntel $344Bench 70%, 2,187 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	40x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	32x
GTX 675MNvidiaBench 12%, 994 samples	26x

SSD
SSDSC2KG038T8R 4TBBench 80%, 26 samples	11x
LMH-256V2M-11 MSATA 256GBLiteonBench 76%, 938 samples	6x
840 Evo mSATA 1TBSamsungBench 100%, 613 samples	6x

RAM
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 32GBMicronBench 52%, 12 samples	11x
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 32GBMicronBench 55%, 10 samples	9x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,421 samples	6x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $420

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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