Alienware M14xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware M14xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR2
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	257.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '17 at 06:49
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 97 2-Core 193 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 470 52% 407 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0552) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4425 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.31% Terrible	Lighting 4.77 Reflection 7.42 Parallax 3.28 4% 5.16 fps	MRender 6.29 Gravity 2.63 Splatting 8.87 5% 5.93 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.31% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-64M3M 64GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 59GB free Firmware: VXDB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 157 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 712 (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 91 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2073	63.3% Good	Read 498 Write 172 Mixed 258 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 22.8 76% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 64.8 87% 161 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 184 1425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 286 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 442 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3774 (C2) HDA temperature 124 101 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 626 (F1) Unknown 200 200 6502983075 (F2) Unknown 200 200 5975992439 (FE) Unknown 197 197 3	54.6% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 95 Mixed 98.6 73% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.12 31% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 2x8GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 57%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M14xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	119x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	83x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	35x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	193x
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples	104x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	2x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 32GBSamsungBench 41%, 860 samples	19x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	12x
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	11x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	19x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	14x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $420

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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