Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.7% 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	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '19 at 22:25
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 129 61% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 366 39% 311 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Dell(1028 048F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.7% Poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 39.8 25% 34.3 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 34.6 Splatting 30.9 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 38%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 108 121 125 144 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 414 Write 212 Mixed 226 SusWrite 123 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 24.6 88% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 123 128% 213 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 116%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 54GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 63 66 65 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 52.2 Mixed 52 SusWrite 64.9 43% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 15 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 52%

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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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Gaming 10%

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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 $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 $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