Alienware M14xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware M14xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR2
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130131
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '20 at 10:22
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3840QM-$549 3,981 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 490 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0552) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.32% Terrible	Lighting 4.77 Reflection 7.69 Parallax 3.28 4% 5.25 fps	MRender 6.38 Gravity 2.63 Splatting 8.91 5% 5.98 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.32% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 mSATA 256GB-$398 658 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 234GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 418 415 425 416 412 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 400 Write 410 Mixed 275 SusWrite 419 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 30.1 102% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 234 211% 321 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 106%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 740GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 104 100 96 109 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 133 Write 128 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 105 71% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 358GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 27 28 28 28 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 25 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 27.5 34% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 44%
BUFFALO External HDD 3TB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 409GB free, PID 0286 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 115 114 114 115 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 116 Write 126 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 114 124% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 102% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 2x8GB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	54.9% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 17.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 57%

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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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Typical M14xR2 Builds (Compare 298 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M14xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	116x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	83x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	35x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	191x
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples	103x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	2x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 32GBSamsungBench 41%, 860 samples	18x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	12x
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	11x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	19x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	14x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $420

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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