Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23% 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	51.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Alienware M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '17 at 14:11
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2920XM 906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 172 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 426 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7970M 939 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Dell(1028 048F) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	23% Poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 38.3 22% 31.9 fps	MRender 25.5 Gravity 27 Splatting 34.3 24% 28.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 221 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 72 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (64) Unknown 100 100 277856 (65) Unknown 100 100 65200 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 233 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 168 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 627 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 206159282212 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 221 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 221 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 384 (EA) Unknown 100 100 220 (F1) Unknown 100 100 349 (F2) Unknown 100 100 402 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 221	51.7% Above average	Read 467 Write 170 Mixed 140 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 7.19 52% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 18.1 55% 122 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 82%
Toshiba MK6461GSY 640GB 951 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 327GB free Firmware: MC001D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2178 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 402924 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3882 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 42877 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 279173398563 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 60668598 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 119759377 (F0) Head flying hours 76 76 586078 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19045576491 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18337177902 (FE) Unknown 100 100 20	45% Average	Read 100 Write 56.5 Mixed 6.2 39% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.34 86% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CK0 4x4GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 56%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Alienware M18xR1

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	34x
Core i7-2860QMIntel $469Bench 62%, 4,317 samples	16x
Core i7-2960XMIntelBench 65%, 863 samples	12x

GPU
GeForce GTX 560MNvidiaBench 7%, 6,267 samples	34x
GeForce GTX 580MNvidiaBench 13%, 434 samples	23x
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	11x

SSD
MX300 750GBCrucial $160Bench 89%, 24,471 samples	5x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples	5x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	4x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	10x
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 51%, 254 samples	7x
NT2GC64B88G0NS-DI 4x2GBNanyaBench 48%, 68 samples	5x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $360

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 $45	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