Alienware M14xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M14xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR2
Memory	7.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130325
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 05:02
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 59.9 2-Core 95.7 50% 76.9 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 209 25% 194 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 74%

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: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.2932 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	4.13% Terrible	Lighting 4.53 Reflection 4.62 Parallax 3.22 4% 4.12 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 8.52 5% 5.79 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.13% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 128GB 663 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10315 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1379 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 209 (B2) Unknown 91 91 134 (B3) Unknown 93 93 228 (B4) Unknown 93 93 3036 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 1 (E8) Unknown 91 91 1498 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13665244717 (F2) Unknown 99 99 29368554793	56.3% Above average	Read 455 Write 178 Mixed 143 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 16.4 68% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 62.9 DQ Mixed 52.2 64% 118 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 68%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 278GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 172 1575 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2054 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10157 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1381 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 8626 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 130 130 211373 (C2) HDA temperature 104 93 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 90 90 7873 (F1) Unknown 200 200 10312535330 (F2) Unknown 200 200 46479399741 (FE) Unknown 199 199 1	58.2% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 104 Mixed 92.7 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.3 105% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 12GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 9.8 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 90.1 44% 90.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.4% 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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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 7%

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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	102x
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

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $420

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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