Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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	52.9% 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	66.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '21 at 20:31
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2960XM 863 User benchmarks, average bench 65% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 84 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 179 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 400 44% 348 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 282 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Dell(1028 0550) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1164 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.9% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 74.8 Parallax 67.1 53% 68.9 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 58.3 53% 65.9 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon LMH-256V2M-11 MSATA 256GB 938 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: FM8110C SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 212 219 223 225 224 MB/s Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.2% Good	Read 258 Write 242 Mixed 222 SusWrite 205 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 33.7 112% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 154 125% 177 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 728GB free Firmware: SM28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 110 108 110 110 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 111 Write 98.1 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 108 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.2 402% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	40x
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	40x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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