Alienware 18

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	99% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 08:05
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4900MQ-$110 5,651 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 69.6 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 181 66% 116 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 553 54% 444 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780M 3,739 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 849 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13963 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1148 (B1) Unknown 99 99 29 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 40 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 160 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29393646107	99% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 490 Mixed 513 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 39.7 131% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 79.4 81% 133 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 124%
Liteonit LMT-32L3M 32GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 7GB free Firmware: LWDA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3673 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 181012 (B2) Unknown 100 100 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 3 (B4) Unknown 98 98 364 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 3 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 68818 (F2) Unknown 100 100 192604	51.5% Above average	Read 300 Write 89.8 Mixed 139 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 22.1 94% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 83.6 DQ Mixed 36.6 51% 95.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 60%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 594GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 119 119 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1333 (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 70 70 13503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1129 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 90607 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 240519020566 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 61 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	71.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 125 Mixed 128 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 32GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.6% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 57%

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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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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