Alienware 18

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	60.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	29.2 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	20150904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 22:50
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	JOR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4900MQ-$110 5,651 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 568 62% 490 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780M 3,739 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 849 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-64M6M mSATA 64GB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: DM6110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1009 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 43543 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 88 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 52927 (F2) Unknown 100 100 67350	60.5% Good	Read 484 Write 158 Mixed 240 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 21.4 75% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 49.1 74% 142 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 74%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 170 1366 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 907 (BF) G-sense error rate 50 50 50 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48199 (C2) HDA temperature 104 86 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1780 (F1) Unknown 200 200 3210868612 (F2) Unknown 200 200 989654668 (FE) Unknown 198 198 2	114% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 188 Mixed 138 133% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.14 48% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 71%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 170 1333 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1468 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 905 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 120 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 42648 (C2) HDA temperature 105 88 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1842 (F1) Unknown 200 200 3178787933 (F2) Unknown 200 200 975305582 (FE) Unknown 199 199 1	124% Outstanding	Read 235 Write 196 Mixed 192 156% 208 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 3.29 4K Mixed 0.41 134% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 4x8GB 819 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 58%

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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	54x

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 $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 $40	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