Alienware 18

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.4% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	Alienware 18 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WJJ9
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '16 at 20:05
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4940MX 2,383 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 245 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 589 67% 522 Pts	64-Core 125 8% 125 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 880M 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5598 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.4% Poor	Lighting 26.9 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 32.5 22% 30.9 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 31 Splatting 29 26% 32.4 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OWC Mercury Extr 480GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 447GB free Firmware: BBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4981211 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -33990371180537 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 6 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 42 68722229289 (C2) HDA temperature 41 42 68722229289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4981211 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4981211 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4981211 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 30064771072 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9 (EA) Unknown 0 0 36 (F1) Unknown 0 0 36 (F2) Unknown 0 0 32	68.3% Good	Read 497 Write 268 Mixed 362 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 16.7 85% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 69.4 76% 130 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 68%
OWC Mercury Extr 480GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 227GB free Firmware: BBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4544835 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 118687126257671 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 6 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 46 46 68722491438 (C2) HDA temperature 46 46 68722491438 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4544835 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4544835 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4544835 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 30064771072 (E9) Unknown 0 0 150 (EA) Unknown 0 0 258 (F1) Unknown 0 0 258 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37	70.1% Very good	Read 501 Write 297 Mixed 327 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 17.9 85% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 54.9 66% 118 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%
Liteonit LMT-256M6M 256GB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 107GB free Firmware: 10B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 577 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3648 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1440 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13300 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10875	107% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 430 Mixed 440 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 37.2 157% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 89.9 126% 230 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 93%
Liteonit LCS-256 256GB 572 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 456 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 576 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8721 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1760 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 45610 (F2) Unknown 100 100 54075	104% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 409 Mixed 435 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 36.1 155% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 88.2 128% 239 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KN2M64-ETF 4x8GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 58%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $46Bench 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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Total price: $239

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16