Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 23:47
Run Duration	88 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4940MX 2,383 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 656 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8859 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 106 Parallax 79.9 78% 93.9 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 91.3 70% 85.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 82%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10302 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3378 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1785 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 109851 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 554 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 62 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 202709 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 109851 (F2) Unknown 100 100 184809	43.3% Average	Read 260 Write 169 Mixed 198 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 14.6 69% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 14.4 19% 33.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1866 2x8GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1777 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 70%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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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 $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	53x

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $239

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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