Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.3% 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	97.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	14.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 11:06
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2920XM 906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 83.6 2-Core 144 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 380 40% 322 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.8% 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: 20.10.35.02 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 36.4 21% 30.7 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 26.7 Splatting 21.1 20% 24.3 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 413 416 416 419 417 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 418 Mixed 402 SusWrite 410 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 37.8 124% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 277 228% 327 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 123%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 481GB free Firmware: 0002DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 102 102 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 93.1 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 102 63% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS1GSK64V3H HMT325S6CFR8C-PB TS1GSK64V3H HMT325S6CFR8C-PB 20GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.6% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 48%

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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%

Tree trunk

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 $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