Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '22 at 21:13
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3840QM-$549 3,981 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 76 2-Core 205 66% 119 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 530 55% 443 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0550) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.1694 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.4% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 80.6 62% 86.7 fps	MRender 85.4 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 87.7 69% 84.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 209 205 206 212 226 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 440 Write 211 Mixed 155 SusWrite 206 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 21.9 95% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 58 102% 206 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 119GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 231 234 244 241 242 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	73.5% Very good	Read 243 Write 234 Mixed 220 SusWrite 236 53% 233 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 39.2 130% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 197 149% 198 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 118%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 229GB free Firmware: SBM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 90 90 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 48.7 Write 71.5 Mixed 54 SusWrite 90.1 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.5 155% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 71%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 553GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 125 126 126 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 117 Write 126 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 124 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI CMSX8GX3M1A1600C10 NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI CMSX8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.3% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 14.3 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 86.6 46% 86.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 49%

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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 $293	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