Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	24.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 12:50
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4900MQ-$110 5,651 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 1.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	34.2% Below average	Memory 52.2 1-Core 21.2 2-Core 42.8 27% 38.7 Pts	4-Core 88 8-Core 301 21% 195 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780M 3,739 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 849 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 28.3 Parallax 38.8 25% 32.5 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 27.2 Splatting 26.7 24% 30.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM8 41GB 36GB free Firmware: D3Q1 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.9% Below average	Read 444 Write 168 Mixed 242 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 8.74 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 5.63 28% 9.35 MB/s	DQ Read 10.5 DQ Write 19.2 DQ Mixed 5.63 7% 11.8 MB/s

Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 550GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 151 Write 155 Mixed 115 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 0.31 114% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 189%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC64C8HB0NS-DI 4x8GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 7.2 16% 5.77 GB/s	Latency 153 26% 153 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 58%

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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 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

System: Alienware 18

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	61x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	58x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $48Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 880MNvidiaBench 28%, 2,147 samples	106x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	53x
GTX 780MNvidiaBench 23%, 3,739 samples	47x

SSD
Ultimate SU800 128GBAdata $30Bench 77%, 32,167 samples	11x
hynix SH920 mSATA 256GBSKBench 70%, 756 samples	10x
DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GBLiteonitBench 67%, 888 samples	10x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 2,172 samples	27x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 54%, 1,917 samples	25x
8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 53%, 1,119 samples	17x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $239

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16