Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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. 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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	69.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 77% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0NT4Y3
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '20 at 22:54
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%
CPU Throttled	77%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4940MX 2,383 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 55.2 2-Core 128 56% 90.4 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 373 38% 305 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1261 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.85 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 60.5 Parallax 53.2 80% 70.5 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 54.1 Splatting 56.8 49% 60.8 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-512L9M-11 MSATA 512GB 1,160 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: HM9110F SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 352 341 332 332 353 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 424 Write 346 Mixed 261 SusWrite 343 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 23.1 87% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 48.1 101% 210 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 97%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 127GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 110 114 115 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 128 Write 109 Mixed 24.9 SusWrite 112 68% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GB 22,647 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 18.1 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 58%

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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 21%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 18%

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System: Alienware 18

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	61x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	58x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $46Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 880MNvidiaBench 28%, 2,147 samples	107x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	53x
GTX 780MNvidiaBench 23%, 3,739 samples	47x

SSD
Ultimate SU800 128GBAdata $30Bench 77%, 32,167 samples	11x
hynix SH920 mSATA 256GBSKBench 70%, 756 samples	10x
DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GBLiteonitBench 67%, 888 samples	10x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 2,172 samples	27x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 54%, 1,917 samples	26x
8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 53%, 1,119 samples	17x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $239

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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