Alienware M14xR1

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 M14xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR1
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110801
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '21 at 00:37
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2860QM-$469 4,317 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 182 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 424 45% 361 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 555M 4,170 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Dell(1028 0491) 1.5GB CLim: 590 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	4.52% Terrible	Lighting 5.2 Reflection 8.1 Parallax 4.9 4% 6.07 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 5.6 Splatting 5.5 5% 6.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.52% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 50 13 108 97 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 404 Write 166 Mixed 298 SusWrite 88.3 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 22.4 4K Mixed 8.5 45% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 39.5 DQ Mixed 20.5 30% 59 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GB 11,714 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.3% 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 M14xR1 Builds (Compare 155 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M14xR1

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	47x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	46x
Core i5-2430MIntel $53Bench 50%, 41,461 samples	20x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	79x
GeForce GT 555MNvidiaBench 4%, 4,170 samples	55x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	21x

SSD
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	6x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	5x
WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GBWDCBench 87%, 12,305 samples	4x

RAM
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 47%, 143 samples	23x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 40%, 8,137 samples	9x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	9x

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Value: 30% - Poor

Total price: $451

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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