Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0NT4Y3
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '21 at 04:31
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4940MX 2,383 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 586 60% 487 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 87.6 Reflection 62.8 Parallax 41.8 71% 64.1 fps	MRender 57.4 Gravity 51.2 Splatting 47 42% 51.9 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-512L9M-11 MSATA 512GB 1,160 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: HM9110F SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 336 390 360 383 395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 383 Mixed 293 SusWrite 376 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 30.3 112% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 219 196% 296 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 97%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 44GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 123 126 127 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 124 64% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73EB0-YK0 4x8GB 423 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.7% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.4 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 12.6 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 30: 2R 4G 8B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
30%	56%	25	312	237	60	18.5"	1536 864	SDC4C48

History: Score 39: 4R 5G 4B | Score 14: 0R 4G 2B | Score 30: 2R 4G 8B

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