Alienware M14xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.38% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	Alienware M14xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR2
Memory	10 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '16 at 04:50
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (95^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 490 53% 421 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74% 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. 10.18.10.4276 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.38% Terrible	Lighting 4.8 Reflection 6.27 Parallax 3.31 4% 4.79 fps	MRender 6.52 Gravity 2.67 Splatting 9.13 5% 6.11 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.38% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 64GB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 48GB free Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 561 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1257 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 158 (B2) Unknown 93 93 52 (B3) Unknown 95 95 74 (B4) Unknown 95 95 1558 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 93 93 764 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3250883151 (F2) Unknown 99 99 2772160997	29.1% Poor	Read 471 Write 58.8 Mixed 102 45% 211 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 1.67 24% 5.79 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 62%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: SD23 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229018773 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13738 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49399219 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1257 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14476 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 39 229018773 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	55% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 99.6 Mixed 91.1 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.28 64% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 12GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 57%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware M14xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	116x
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	191x
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples	103x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	2x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 32GBSamsungBench 41%, 860 samples	18x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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