Alienware 18

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	76.2% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01W2J2
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 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	Feb 23 '18 at 23:23
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4810MQ-$400 26,927 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 195 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 484 52% 412 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 860M 18,736 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 05AB) 2GB CLim: 915 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 11% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11306029 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 14551349208310 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2493 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 180 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 51 77312753691 (C2) HDA temperature 27 51 77312753691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11306029 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11306029 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11306029 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 77309411329 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15108 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10509 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10509 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12069 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3538995	76.2% Very good	Read 503 Write 226 Mixed 256 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 20.5 110% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 41.9 81% 160 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 919GB free Firmware: AX0P2D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1691 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 9774 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2925 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 68541 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227633397785 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 57882270 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 156060323 (F0) Head flying hours 93 93 2885 (F1) Unknown 100 100 40094314863 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27905784209 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	58.3% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 104 Mixed 94.6 75% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KN2M64-ETF CT102464BF160B.C16 KN2M64-ETF CT102464BF160B.C16 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 58%

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Gaming 21%

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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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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