Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	78.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 (18%). 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	19 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '21 at 17:18
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2860QM-$469 4,317 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 89 2-Core 174 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 406 45% 357 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M 434 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Dell(1028 048F) 2GB CLim: 620 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 364.51 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 19.9 Parallax 13.7 12% 16.2 fps	MRender 16.8 Gravity 16.1 Splatting 13.8 13% 15.6 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 206 123 108 104 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 410 Write 320 Mixed 341 SusWrite 178 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 33.1 112% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 119 158% 286 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 134%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 154GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 59 69 73 73 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 70 Write 64.5 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 69.5 44% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 43%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 573GB free, PID ab26 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 76 84 84 84 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 40.8 Write 58.5 Mixed 48 SusWrite 82.7 83% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI CT102464BF160B.C16 NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI CT102464BF160B.C16 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.5% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns

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

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Typical M18xR1 Builds (Compare 106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $160Bench 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: 42% - Average

Total price: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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