Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.2% 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	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	14.3 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	Oct 18 '21 at 22:13
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 185 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 452 50% 395 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 74.8% 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	53.2% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 67 53% 69 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 58.4 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon LMH-256V2M-11 MSATA 256GB 938 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: FM8110C SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 227 234 233 233 233 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.5% Above average	Read 248 Write 226 Mixed 218 SusWrite 212 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 26.9 84% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 153 124% 175 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 678GB free Firmware: SM28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 108 106 109 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 110 Write 89.5 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 104 67% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.1 399% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 61.6% 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 (46^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 97%

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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 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	42x
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	42x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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