Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 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	Jul 06 '18 at 18:21
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$50 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 95 2-Core 186 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 516 51% 418 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290X 1,411 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1045.0 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 24.7 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 35.5 20% 30.2 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 36 25% 30 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 27%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 881 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 713GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 98 100 47 84 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 291 Write 227 Mixed 159 SusWrite 89.9 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 11 83% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 64.6 80% 140 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 400%
Acsc2m25 6mSA 185GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 91GB free Firmware: P083 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 124 127 60 106 133 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.6% Above average	Read 515 Write 254 Mixed 144 SusWrite 113 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 10.2 87% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 88.5 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 64.2 78% 131 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 60%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 330GB free Firmware: JF4OA0D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 98 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 98.8 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ40UG8EFU0-GN-F 4x4GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 17.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 57%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16