Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 26% Raft	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 28.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	2.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '20 at 14:55
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2670QM-$200 51,169 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Memory 48.4 1-Core 17.6 2-Core 34.6 24% 33.5 Pts	4-Core 53.4 8-Core 74.2 8% 63.8 Pts	64-Core 89.1 6% 89.1 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 560M 6,267 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 048F) 1.5GB CLim: 775 MHz, MLim: 625 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 389.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.05% Terrible	Lighting 2.53 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 0.72 2% 1.92 fps	MRender 2.67 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 2.39 2% 2.5 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 2.05% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 117 76 86 102 144 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 245 Write 182 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 106 107% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 189%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 4x4GB 326 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 12.6 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 5.4 14% 4.73 GB/s	Latency 167 24% 167 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 49%

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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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Typical M18xR1 Builds (Compare 106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

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 $269	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 $177	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