Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '22 at 18:42
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3840QM-$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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 78.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 181 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 515 56% 441 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73% 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. 31.0.15.2225 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.3% Good	Lighting 74.4 Reflection 106 Parallax 83.2 61% 88 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 82.3 Splatting 90 72% 87 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 217 227 244 249 245 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 409 Write 254 Mixed 153 SusWrite 233 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 20.9 94% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 58.4 105% 212 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 117GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 231 230 250 250 250 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	74% Very good	Read 241 Write 231 Mixed 221 SusWrite 239 53% 233 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 38.6 132% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 198 149% 198 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 118%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 228GB free Firmware: SBM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 97 96 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 108 Write 117 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 97.4 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 71%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 553GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 125 126 126 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 67 SusWrite 126 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.2% 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	41.9% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 83.9 48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.9% 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16