Alienware M18xR2

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.5% 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	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

System	Alienware M18xR2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M18xR2
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '19 at 22:06
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3840QM-$549 3,981 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 503 56% 440 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 76%

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: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Lighting 42.8 Reflection 22.7 Parallax 29.3 35% 31.6 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 28.5 Splatting 23.4 22% 27.2 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 Real 512GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 203 203 122 3 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 455 Write 245 Mixed 278 SusWrite 132 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 21 78% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 84.3 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 26.8 40% 74.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 64%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 194GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 216 220 212 213 210 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 402 Write 260 Mixed 286 SusWrite 215 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 30.6 107% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 63.3 101% 192 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 95%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 59GB free Firmware: 07MH SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 56 59 59 59 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73BH0-CK0 4x8GB 290 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16