Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 04:04
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 505 53% 427 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 0550) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 353.82 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 25% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 468GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 366 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 55 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5141390943
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 140GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11037 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1247 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 45 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 172 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16344044297	90% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 409 Mixed 400 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 37 112% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 82.6 96% 164 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 134%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 462GB free Firmware: 0005DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64461032 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 350790807 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3063 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 20 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 44 9078046749 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 633184 (C2) HDA temperature 29 56 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 99 64461032 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -98741298112448 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3779156558 (F2) Unknown 100 253 391816164 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	51.8% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 89.7 Mixed 92.2 69% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.44 78% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 M471B1G73DB0-YK0 M471B1G73QH0-YK0 Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.3% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 57%

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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	41x
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	41x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16