Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 30.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	19.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '21 at 10:37
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2820QM-$230 4,929 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Memory 50.5 1-Core 16.6 2-Core 34.3 24% 33.8 Pts	4-Core 61.4 8-Core 101 10% 81.1 Pts	64-Core 104 6% 104 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290X 1,411 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Dell(1028 048F) ≥ 4GB Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Lighting 22.7 Reflection 34.4 Parallax 36 18% 31 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 26 Splatting 23.6 21% 25.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 27%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$112 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 387 366 385 377 401 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 415 Write 370 Mixed 322 SusWrite 380 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 25.7 4K Mixed 22.2 60% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 108 81% 108 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 128%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 479GB free Firmware: 0001DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 77 81 81 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 64.3 Write 63.4 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 80.5 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 84% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 15.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 5.6 14% 5.07 GB/s	Latency 159 25% 159 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	18.5"	1280 720	SEC5448

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR1

CPU
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

GPU
GeForce GTX 560MNvidiaBench 7%, 6,267 samples	34x
GeForce GTX 580MNvidiaBench 13%, 434 samples	23x
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	11x

SSD
MX300 750GBCrucial $85Bench 89%, 24,471 samples	5x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples	5x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	4x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	10x
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 51%, 254 samples	7x
NT2GC64B88G0NS-DI 4x2GBNanyaBench 48%, 68 samples	5x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $285

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16