Alienware M14xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.6% 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.

CPU throttled at 93% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Alienware M14xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR2
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 23:40
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	93%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3940XM-$344 2,187 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 509 58% 456 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0552) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.58% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 7.46 Parallax 3.41 4% 5.29 fps	MRender 7.14 Gravity 2.77 Splatting 9.43 6% 6.45 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.58% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 128GB 663 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3718 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4657 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 293 (B2) Unknown 95 95 82 (B3) Unknown 95 95 156 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3108 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 4 (E8) Unknown 95 95 1550 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9157957322 (F2) Unknown 99 99 14703072852	51.6% Above average	Read 480 Write 255 Mixed 333 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 10.4 53% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 35.1 DQ Mixed 9.06 11% 19.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 362GB free Firmware: 0005DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 952 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2916 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 99232940 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2666 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 47 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 80 80 40315 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10925 (C2) HDA temperature 25 53 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 952 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -35137127444594 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1383114513 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2190818939 (FE) Unknown 1 1 4	58.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 87.9 73% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.65 111% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF186D.M16 2x8GB 1,504 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1777 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 20 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 65%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware M14xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	116x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	83x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	35x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	191x
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples	103x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	2x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 32GBSamsungBench 41%, 860 samples	18x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	12x
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	11x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	19x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	14x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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