Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	41.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

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.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150904
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '16 at 13:20
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4910MQ-$110 6,703 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 161 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 359 40% 316 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 880M 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Lighting 60.2 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 30.8 49% 40.8 fps	MRender 36.3 Gravity 36.7 Splatting 31.1 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 97 97 10473 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 461 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 48 39 52 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1174 (EB) Unknown 99 99 134 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35960857165
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Liteonit DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GB 888 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 46GB free Firmware: DMH110B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 824 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 31109 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 530 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 63721 (F2) Unknown 100 100 71748	71.7% Very good	Read 436 Write 203 Mixed 274 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 28.2 102% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 62.6 93% 177 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 75%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 520GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 1883 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1076 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24543 (C2) HDA temperature 99 86 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1574 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9635790120 (F2) Unknown 200 200 7020494483 (FE) Unknown 199 199 1	50.5% Above average	Read 82.7 Write 93.1 Mixed 89.9 67% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 396GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 177 1925 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1053 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11837 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 754 (BF) G-sense error rate 92 92 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 112414 (C2) HDA temperature 106 86 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 21 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3115 (F1) Unknown 200 200 14880139330 (F2) Unknown 200 200 11778137593 (FE) Unknown 88 88 112	47.6% Average	Read 75.9 Write 89.6 Mixed 86.1 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.18 71% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 4x8GB 1,917 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 17.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 66%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 68%

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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

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $239

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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