Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.3% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '22 at 21:10
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	93%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (89^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 221 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 549 58% 461 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000 598 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Dell(1028 0550) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.14.7284 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	3.89% Terrible	Lighting 4.7 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 3.3 4% 25.4 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 2.8 Splatting 5.7 4% 4.83 fps
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 3.89% Great: 57%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSDSC2KG038T8R 4TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: XCV1DL60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 411 404 389 392 386 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 314 Write 383 Mixed 331 SusWrite 397 81% 356 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 24.7 81% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 150 116% 158 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 17 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	42x
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	42x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16