Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.8% 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	152% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 99% 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 M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '22 at 21:01
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 501 51% 414 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Graphics Device 2 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Dell(1028 0550) ≥ 4GB CLim: 849 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 425.31 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.8% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 6.1 Parallax 6.6 17% 11.1 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 33.6 Splatting 26 26% 32.1 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 23%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 909GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 771 849 849 840 871 872 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,038 Write 856 Mixed 486 SusWrite 842 180% 805 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 36.6 131% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 441 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 256 238% 368 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C11S3/4G 9905428-048.A00LF KHX1866C11S3/4G 9905428-048.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1777, 1777, 1777, 1777 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	65.6% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 20.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 66%

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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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16