| PC Status | Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas. |
| Processor | With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor. |
| 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 | 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 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. |
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
2 years ago, 2 years ago.
| System | Alienware M18xR1 (all builds) |
| Motherboard | Alienware M18xR1 |
| Memory | 13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz |
| OS | Windows 7 |
| BIOS Date | 20111129 |
| Uptime | 0 Days |
| Run Date | Jul 02 '21 at 14:25 |
| Run Duration | 115 Seconds |
| Run User | GBR-User |
| Background CPU | 13% |
PC Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).
| Processor | Bench | Normal | Heavy | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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33.7%
Below average
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27% 37.6 Pts
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10% 79.4 Pts
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6% 104 Pts
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| Drive | Bench | Sequential | Random 4k | Deep queue 4k |
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M18X_RAID0 1.5TB
812GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 41 40 26 26 32 MB/s
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21.4%
Poor
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20% 26.7 MB/s
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58% 0.3 MB/s
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| Memory Kit | Bench | Multi core | Single core | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
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37.5%
Below average
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42% 14.6 GB/s
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14% 5.07 GB/s
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28% 142 ns
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System Memory Latency Ladder
L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds
Typical M18xR1 Builds (Compare 106 builds)
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System: Alienware M18xR1
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| Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples | 34x |
| Core i7-2860QMIntel $469Bench 62%, 4,317 samples | 16x |
| Core i7-2960XMIntelBench 65%, 863 samples | 12x |
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| GeForce GTX 560MNvidiaBench 7%, 6,267 samples | 34x |
| GeForce GTX 580MNvidiaBench 13%, 434 samples | 23x |
| GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples | 11x |
| EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER | Value: 42% - Average | Total price: $360 |