Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '21 at 02:53
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3920XM 797 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 570 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 0550) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.9% Average	Lighting 51.1 Reflection 53.7 Parallax 46.7 42% 50.5 fps	MRender 54.9 Gravity 49 Splatting 43.5 40% 49.1 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron M600 1TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 739GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 434 434 444 446 446 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 428 Write 255 Mixed 305 SusWrite 427 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 29 100% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 31.4 94% 198 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 99%
Plextor M5M mSATA 256GB-$240 416 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 7GB free Firmware: 1.06 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 248 Write 234 Mixed 202 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 23.7 83% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 25.3 58% 120 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 96%
Micron M600 512GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 477GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 436 436 445 448 448 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 391 Write 438 Mixed 307 SusWrite 428 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 29.8 104% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 32.3 102% 218 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 99%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 463GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 112 114 114 115 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 71.5 Write 113 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 112 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 189% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 24.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 79%

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

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System: Alienware M18xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	41x
Core i7-3840QMIntel $549Bench 66%, 3,981 samples	29x
Core i7-3940XMIntel $344Bench 70%, 2,187 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	41x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	32x
GTX 675MNvidiaBench 12%, 994 samples	26x

SSD
SSDSC2KG038T8R 4TBBench 80%, 26 samples	11x
LMH-256V2M-11 MSATA 256GBLiteonBench 76%, 938 samples	6x
840 Evo mSATA 1TBSamsungBench 100%, 613 samples	6x

RAM
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 32GBMicronBench 52%, 12 samples	11x
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 32GBMicronBench 55%, 10 samples	9x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,421 samples	6x

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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 $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 $40	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