Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	42.3% 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)
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	17.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 13:16
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150 22,632 User benchmarks, average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 530 55% 440 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 76%

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: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Lighting 60.8 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 32 50% 41.7 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 36.4 Splatting 30.7 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6177 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1431 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 77 77 717 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 17 356483727432 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 77 77 23 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 52755836156 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1677163558 (F8) Unknown 100 100 212528202	76.9% Very good	Read 520 Write 186 Mixed 189 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 20 121% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 66.5 88% 163 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 113%
Hitachi HTS721010A9 1TB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 28GB free Firmware: A3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 119 119 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1747 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 10802 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1499 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 453242 (C2) HDA temperature 127 127 253404119087 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	71.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 116 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 76%
Hitachi HTS721075A9 750GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 17GB free Firmware: A3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1708 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 10798 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1443 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 309596 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 249109151789 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	60.3% Good	Read 110 Write 99.9 Mixed 107 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 680 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 61%

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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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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