Alienware M18xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.17% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	58.3% 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 M18xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR1
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111129
Uptime	70.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '16 at 03:41
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2920XM 906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 167 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 413 44% 352 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 048F) 1.5GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5582 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	7.17% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 9.54 Parallax 6.62 7% 8.08 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 8.67 Splatting 10.7 8% 10.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.17% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 34 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 175 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3744 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1632 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6 (F1) Unknown 100 100 108 (F2) Unknown 100 100 106	58.3% Above average	Read 420 Write 375 Mixed 437 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 11.4 58% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 38 DQ Mixed 10.7 13% 22.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 41GB free Firmware: 0001DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4133416 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3040 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 260261622 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1144 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 505151518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33888 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 99 4133416 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -37920266247488 (F1) Unknown 100 253 131327475 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2178351547 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	46.4% Average	Read 78.3 Write 83.7 Mixed 80.7 61% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.23 61% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 56%

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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 $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 $184	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