Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	76.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 93% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 09:47
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	93%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3940XM-$344 2,187 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 223 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 550 60% 473 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 675M 994 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Dell(1028 0550) 2GB CLim: 620 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 9% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCT-512M3S 512GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: VSDC Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2419 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 129817 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 2 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5952 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 2 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 626726 (F2) Unknown 100 100 987624	76.4% Very good	Read 510 Write 412 Mixed 451 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 22.6 73% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 64.1 78% 139 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 86%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 264GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104181416 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7791 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 8615560784 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3249 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 34848178205 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1041 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1042972 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 -140737488355299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 33 104181416 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 1338 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 25% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 4x8GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 56%

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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