Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.1% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '19 at 14:02
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Memory 57.6 1-Core 33.1 2-Core 58.7 33% 49.8 Pts	4-Core 107 8-Core 145 16% 126 Pts	64-Core 136 8% 136 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 0550) 2GB CLim: 758 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 418.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.79% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 3.58 Parallax 5.44 3% 4.34 fps	MRender 6.57 Gravity 5.13 Splatting 6 5% 5.9 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 190 184 183 216 165 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.1% Average	Read 210 Write 116 Mixed 184 SusWrite 189 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 20.5 64% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 113 91% 127 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 97%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 488GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 185 180 183 183 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 182 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 182 108% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1 229% 2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 2x8GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.9% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.1 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 57%

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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%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M18xR2

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	41x
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	41x
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 $273	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 $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