Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.5% 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	47.7% 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 8 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '17 at 16:35
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2960XM 863 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 195 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 451 48% 381 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 880M 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Dell(1028 048F) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 344.75 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	39.5% Below average	Lighting 56.5 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 39.7 46% 43.2 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 31.7 27% 32.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7910 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 27 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 485 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3260239168	47.7% Average	Read 411 Write 128 Mixed 141 49% 226 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 7.71 57% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 25.8 56% 117 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 73%
Toshiba Notebook SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$117 2,938 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 931GB free Firmware: AUF0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2914 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2316 (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 96 96 1698 (0A) Spinup retry count 145 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 48955893 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 53415 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 253403594782 (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 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 521 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 254 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 747	64% Good	Read 146 Write 70.6 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 7.74 4K Write 14.7 4K Mixed 6.3 1,294% 9.57 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 21.5 DQ Mixed 6.56 116% 19.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CH9 M471B5273DH0-CH9 M471B5273CH0-CH9 HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 57%

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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 $160Bench 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: 42% - Average

Total price: $360

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