Alienware 18

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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.
ProcessorWith 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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics11.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive143% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware 18  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01W2J2
Memory30.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150904
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 24 '16 at 18:35
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User HKG-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing below expectations (30th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4930MX
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
69.9% Good
Memory 83.4
1-Core 109
2-Core 220
77% 137 Pts
4-Core 305
8-Core 444
47% 374 Pts
64-Core 448
28% 448 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 69.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780M
Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 849 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 353.62
Relative performance (0th percentile)
11.3% Very poor
Lighting 14.1
Reflection 13.3
Parallax 13.1
12% 13.5 fps
MRender 14.5
Gravity 12.7
Splatting 12.6
11% 13.3 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 11.3%
Great: 25%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
143% Outstanding
Read 953
Write 934
Mixed 956
212% 948 MB/s
4K Read 46.6
4K Write 87.1
4K Mixed 28.5
153% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 47.4
DQ Write 83.8
DQ Mixed 163
96% 98.1 MB/s
Poor: 113%
This bench: 143%
Great: 541%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C11 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR3 1777 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63.5% Good
MC Read 24.2
MC Write 25.5
MC Mixed 21
67% 23.6 GB/s
SC Read 10.9
SC Write 10.2
SC Mixed 19.2
38% 13.4 GB/s
Latency 74.5
54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 63.5%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 18 Builds (Compare 365 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

System: Alienware 18

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $239
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