Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.9% 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)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 8 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 15:36
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3920XM 797 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 573 64% 505 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 0550) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1176 MHz, MLim: 1277 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	45.9% Average	Lighting 62.7 Reflection 55.7 Parallax 39 51% 52.5 fps	MRender 40.6 Gravity 35 Splatting 52 36% 42.6 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron M600 512GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 477GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 50 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 689 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 107 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4127 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 48 223339479077 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7996360440 (F7) Unknown 100 100 250193096 (F8) Unknown 100 100 52875937	83% Excellent	Read 519 Write 480 Mixed 468 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 16.7 86% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 78.6 DQ Mixed 33.5 61% 126 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 99%
Micron M600 512GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 431GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2008 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1275 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 443 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4190 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 45 236224380963 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5907031431 (F7) Unknown 100 100 184854244 (F8) Unknown 100 100 55837680
Poor: 56% Great: 99%
Liteonit LMT-128M6M mSATT 128GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 12GB free Firmware: DM71 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1155 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 12206 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 928 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 28277 (F2) Unknown 100 100 49260	52.8% Above average	Read 268 Write 250 Mixed 258 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 32.4 4K Mixed 19.9 75% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 12.5 32% 62.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 83%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 682GB free Firmware: 2AR1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 557 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3451 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2704 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5543 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 105 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2113 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 206 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749347874 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 7901 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 105 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 256139	55.5% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 99.1 Mixed 89 71% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 24.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 22.5 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 79%

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	40x
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	40x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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