Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


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


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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.7% 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	42.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '17 at 13:00
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 87.6 2-Core 170 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 381 44% 340 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 0550) 2GB CLim: 878 MHz, MLim: 1103 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	23.7% Poor	Lighting 28.1 Reflection 26.3 Parallax 33.6 23% 29.3 fps	MRender 34.8 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 26.4 25% 31.3 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMS-32L6M mSATA 32GB 305 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: DM5110E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 863 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 388246 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 228 (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 104465 (F2) Unknown 100 100 54516	42.8% Average	Read 264 Write 86.3 Mixed 131 35% 160 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 18.7 73% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 83.3 DQ Mixed 10.8 34% 74.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 63%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 145GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 218 218 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3549 (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 88 88 5676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2432 (BF) G-sense error rate 91 91 2818059 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 240069 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 244813201446 (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 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	38.7% Below average	Read 66.3 Write 68.7 Mixed 69.7 52% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 53%
Hitachi HTS725032A9A364 320GB-$55 6,982 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 18GB free Firmware: PC3OCH0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 92 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 177 100 111669149698 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 12065 (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 69 69 13885 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 9431 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 14821932073007 (BC) Unknown 100 35 455 (BE) vendor-specific 60 47 689242152 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 384 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 107677291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 289760 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	43.4% Average	Read 73.4 Write 77.8 Mixed 82.1 59% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.29 66% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 2x8GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 57%

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Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	40x
Core i7-3840QMIntel $549Bench 66%, 3,981 samples	29x
Core i7-3940XMIntel $344Bench 70%, 2,187 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	40x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	32x
GTX 675MNvidiaBench 12%, 994 samples	26x

SSD
SSDSC2KG038T8R 4TBBench 80%, 26 samples	11x
LMH-256V2M-11 MSATA 256GBLiteonBench 76%, 938 samples	6x
840 Evo mSATA 1TBSamsungBench 100%, 613 samples	6x

RAM
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 32GBMicronBench 52%, 12 samples	11x
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 32GBMicronBench 55%, 10 samples	9x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,421 samples	6x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $420

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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