Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	47.6% 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 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	13.1 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	Apr 17 '17 at 03:13
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4810MQ-$400 26,927 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 215 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 391 49% 371 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290X 1,411 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.3.2 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 14.2 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 18.9 12% 15.2 fps	MRender 9.62 Gravity 13.1 Splatting 15.7 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 27%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$68 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 250 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 54 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7914 (A5) Unknown 100 100 35 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (94) Unknown 100 100 4771 (95) Unknown 100 100 243 (96) Unknown 100 100 84 (97) Unknown 100 100 153 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 52 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 39056 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25847 (F5) Unknown 100 100 126624	47.6% Average	Read 496 Write 328 Mixed 288 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 0.88 24% 8.36 MB/s	DQ Read 16.1 DQ Write 38.6 DQ Mixed 0.85 8% 18.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 118%
Liteonit DMT-80 11GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 10GB free Firmware: DMH1 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 423 Write 200 Mixed 269 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 11.9 47% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 78.5 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 30.7 48% 87.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 4x4GB 1,523 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 13.8 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 58%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $44Bench 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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16