Alienware M14xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.71% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M14xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR2
Memory	6.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130131
Uptime	17.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 14:46
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 87 2-Core 158 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 440 45% 364 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 69%

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. 10.18.10.4358 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 7.42 Parallax 2.84 3% 4.79 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.83 4% 5.1 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-64M3M 64GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 48GB free Firmware: VXDB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2034 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 745 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 888 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 467 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2963	47% Average	Read 505 Write 167 Mixed 249 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 11.8 53% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 17.3 DQ Write 14.3 DQ Mixed 59.2 32% 30.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 66%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 645GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 142 (03) Spinup time 179 176 2008 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2055 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2034 (BF) G-sense error rate 26 26 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 110370 (C2) HDA temperature 106 94 41 (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 94 94 4535 (F1) Unknown 200 200 29762973918 (F2) Unknown 200 200 31518794029 (FE) Unknown 179 179 21	55.4% Above average	Read 113 Write 80.1 Mixed 87.9 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB Micron 16JTF1G64HZ-1G6D1 12GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16.4 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 48%

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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%

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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