Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.2% 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	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '17 at 14:28
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2860QM-$469 4,317 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 92 2-Core 180 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 436 46% 367 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M 434 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Dell(1028 048F) 2GB CLim: 620 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Lighting 29 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 13.8 24% 20.2 fps	MRender 19.5 Gravity 15.4 Splatting 15.9 14% 16.9 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 245 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 78 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (64) Unknown 100 100 330960 (65) Unknown 100 100 74112 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 290 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 200 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 627 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 100 206159282200 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 245 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 245 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 455 (EA) Unknown 100 100 263 (F1) Unknown 100 100 414 (F2) Unknown 100 100 481 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 245	52.8% Above average	Read 466 Write 186 Mixed 165 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 24.3 4K Mixed 7.24 53% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 19.4 55% 120 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 82%
Toshiba MK6461GSY 640GB 951 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 489GB free Firmware: MC001D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 403306 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3960 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 43059 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 279173398551 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 60814492 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 119911341 (F0) Head flying hours 76 76 586285 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19277768810 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18372525470 (FE) Unknown 100 100 20	59.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 8.18 52% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GB 422 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 56%

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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 $85Bench 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: 52% - Above average

Total price: $285

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16