Alienware M14xR1

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.5% 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M14xR1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M14xR1
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 04:32
Run Duration	88 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2860QM-$469 4,317 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 177 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 374 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 555M 4,170 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Dell(1028 0491) 1.5GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8541 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	3.15% Terrible	Lighting 5.23 Reflection 6.46 Parallax 2.12 4% 4.61 fps	MRender 0.57 Gravity 1.4 Splatting 1.52 1% 1.16 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.15% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 100 100 102 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 132 (A3) Unknown 100 100 67 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10281 (A5) Unknown 100 100 16 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 116015 (F2) Unknown 100 100 112375 (F5) Unknown 100 100 164496	49.5% Average	Read 267 Write 253 Mixed 259 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 13.3 63% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 62.4 60% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6MFR8C-PB 2x8GB 3,305 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 17.4 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 57%

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

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Alienware M14xR1

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	47x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	46x
Core i5-2430MIntel $53Bench 50%, 41,461 samples	20x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	79x
GeForce GT 555MNvidiaBench 4%, 4,170 samples	55x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	21x

SSD
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	6x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	5x
WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GBWDCBench 87%, 12,305 samples	4x

RAM
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 47%, 143 samples	23x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 40%, 8,137 samples	9x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	9x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 30% - Poor

Total price: $451

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