Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	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.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04703X
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 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	Sep 09 '20 at 19:44
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 230 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 598 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 282 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1164 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 104 Reflection 65.2 Parallax 60.5 84% 76.5 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 57.8 52% 64.4 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 120GB 621 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 147 150 150 150 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 480 Mixed 370 SusWrite 177 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.6 199% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
Jmicron Generic 250GB 289 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 149GB free Firmware: 1507 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 400 374 300 299 299 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 344 Write 373 Mixed 314 SusWrite 339 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 25.1 83% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 150 108% 139 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 84%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 695GB free Firmware: 0001SDM5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 110 109 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 113 Write 67.4 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 110 63% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 699GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 110 106 110 107 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 109 Write 114 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 107 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 63%
Toshiba MQ01ABC150 1.5TB 653 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: AQ001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 93 89 89 93 89 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 83.7 Write 98.7 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 89.8 54% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 62%

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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 58%

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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 $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	53x

GPU
GTX 880MNvidiaBench 28%, 2,147 samples	106x
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	25x
8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 53%, 1,119 samples	17x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $239

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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