Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 39.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	23.2% 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	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0NT4Y3
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 14:24
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4910MQ-$110 6,703 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Memory 62.9 1-Core 24.1 2-Core 46.3 32% 44.4 Pts	4-Core 88.2 8-Core 125 13% 106 Pts	64-Core 123 8% 123 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.2% Poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 42.2 Parallax 32 20% 32.8 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 28 Splatting 42.7 30% 35.8 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 388 401 405 423 425 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 431 Write 426 Mixed 372 SusWrite 403 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 35.8 4K Mixed 29.1 96% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 148 111% 148 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 128%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 474GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 104 Write 96 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 122 62% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GB 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7.5 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 60%

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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 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

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Workstation 18%

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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	53x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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