Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.1% 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	84.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '22 at 13:33
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 79.7 2-Core 221 70% 127 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 519 54% 434 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000 598 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Dell(1028 0550) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.1694 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 70.6 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 64.1 58% 67.3 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 67 Splatting 69.7 56% 68.5 fps
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSDSC2KG038T8R 4TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: XCV1DL60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 378 380 386 386 385 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 327 Write 390 Mixed 333 SusWrite 375 81% 356 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 33.6 116% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 262 203% 279 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 89%
SSDSC2KG038T8R 4TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: XCV1DL60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 383 383 390 390 390 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 303 Write 391 Mixed 334 SusWrite 379 80% 352 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 31.8 113% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 195 171% 255 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 89%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 367GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 89 89 88 90 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 94.2 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 88.4 58% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 58%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 97 101 93 99 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 53.3 Write 95.5 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 97.1 56% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 165% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF186D.C16 4x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 1777 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.3% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 64%

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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 i5-13600K $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