*OFFICIAL* Alienware M18xR1/R2/18 Benchmark Thread - Part 3

I'm not running AC cooling at the moment, so I had to lower the CPU overclock to 4.3GHz for Vantage. But, the score is really sweet.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/5215793

 

4.6Ghz



4.8Ghz

 

Very impressive indeed!
I want one!!!

 

Well, I finally installed that pathetic Windows 8.1 OS for Fire Strike and here is my first crack at it with the Panther 5.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/5789521

 

Out of curiosity,

how much of a score difference is there in physics between windows 7 and 8.1?

Also how much of a difference does windows 8.1 make over 7 in fire strike?

 

I haven't checked with the Panther yet. It was significant with the R2. Fire Strike was considerably better on Windows 8 and 3DMark11 and other benchmarks that require a good physics result were consistently better under Windows 7.

 

Nice clocks ssj92, DBZ fan no doubt, just wait until you run Aida Extreme's FPU benchmark.

At 4.5Ghz and 1.25v my CPU will reach 85c from 20c in 1-3 second. The heat is so tremendous that no thermal interface can transfer fast enough and the only solution is straight up frigid temps from the get-go. It's why I believe there will never be a HW-E Clevo.

I'm not using stock cooling either.

 

Since this is an M18x thread....finally broke 13k in 3dm11

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/9397590

Working on bringing it up higher and I'll do vantage in a bit.

 

Very nice, brother ssj92! 680M SLI is still a lethal setup, and it still beats everything with a single GPU up to 980M. You need a 3920XM or 3940XM for that beast.

Here was my best 3DMark11 with 680M SLI...

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6924868

 

I really want to get an XM cpu for this to bring out some extra performance. Will also need to do dual-psu mod to bring things up further. Looks like my 680Ms need more voltage, they top off with a +360mhz overclock. Any higher and it freezes.

My vantage run: http://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/5217696



My firestrike score: (finally broke 9k+!!!) http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/5806809?

 

Yes, a dual PSU mod would help you go higher. Until you build one, use ThrottleStop profiles and toggle the CPU using hotkeys. 3DMark11 Tests 1 to 4 can be run at a low clock speed like 2.9GHz and then flip it to your max overclock for the Physics and Combined tests.

 

Wow! These unhinged physics scores are something to behold. I didn't realize I enjoy benchmarking as much as I do now that the 'fun police' are reining it in.
There's something special about knowing your machine is firing beautifully on high octane.

 

I can't believe I didn't think of this! I'll see if this helps.

 

Oh, it definitely will. I used to do that all the time before the dual PSU mod. Brother @johnksss is the one who came up with the idea, not me. Works fantastic.

 

I'm still curious if the dual PSU mod would work on an X51

 

There is no reason that it would work. If I am not mistaken, the X51 does not use the ID chip in the AC adapter, so it doesn't pay any attention to what is connected as far as PSU is concerned. If you look at the AC adapter female connector on the chassis, there is nothing that connects to the ID pin, just positive and negative cables.

 

MEOW! http://www.catzilla.com/showresult?lp=430827

 

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/9405275

 

Niiiiiiiice work! Insane numbers brother!

 

Thanks, Brother TBoneSan. Here are some better ones...
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/5826830

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/9405275

http://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/5218884

 

Here is a 3DMark 11 run using BIOS defaults (no CPU overclock) and svl7's vBIOS with no GPU overclock.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/9408769


And, a Metro: Last Light Redux run with the same settings...

 

Bloody hell . . . That performance in Metro Redux with SSAA!

@TBoneSan--provided that you don't mind the following request--if you have Metro Redux or Last Light Redux, could you also run the benchmark with the same maximised settings as Mr. Fox?

Cheers.

 

I'd have no problems doing that for you Bro but I don't have either of those games.
Perhaps there is another title you could have us both bench..?

 

Alienware M18xR1
i7-2920XM ES (lists itself as Genuine Intel cpu 0) @ 4,0/3,7/3,4
GTX 880M SLI (stock bios underclocked to 780M clocks with boost up to 850 MHz)
16GB RAM
Cooling mod that allows to use 880M gpu with AMD100W heatsink.

Link - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/9419665

 

You gotta blow the cobwebs out of that CPU and give it some beans

 

Uh sry but I don't understand your post. Im not an english native speaker

 

You can OC your CPU lots more

 

Ah, Yes I know, but I don't need more power than I currently have. It's already a monster

 

Much appreciated, dude. I'm going to have at think about something that might come close to pushing the system in terms of both CPU and GPU output in a manner that is rather distinct to titles like Metro Redux. I'm sure Mr. Fox can appreciate what I'm talking about since the GPU performance in this title scales nicely with CPU output and you've got the extreme CPU and the GPU set up to at least provide some kind decent comparison to Mr. Fox's system in terms of stock GPU runs.

 

I noticed that my 780m don't like the new clocks that the unlocked vBios gives. Sometime it freezes the computer with a static color screen (black screen, orange screen, etc.) depending on the last color it drew. Maybe its because of my faulty AC power brick. So unfortunately I had to under clock my 780m .

Right now my daily is -15/+300 with the unlocked and already OC vBios.

 

Insane stock scores there FOX! Just simply amazing.

I've mucked around with a few different drivers and the best I one for me so far is the 347.26.
A little CPU OC with Stock GPU clocks and close to full blast fans.
No where near yours but not too shabby for stock GPUs i thought!

http://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/5223087
and
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/9434884

 

I absolutely refuse to use their "clock blocked" garbage drivers. People need to stop downloading them or NVIDIA will get the impression too many people are OK with it.

 

Fire Strike Extreme run... NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-4930K,Clevo P570WM powered by PremaMod.com



And, a "regular" Fire Strike run.

 

A gorgeous benchmark scores . Approximately 95 degrees on the processor. This was hot .. Have you much to go on with the processor?

 

Eh, a little bit hot. But, not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. I was benching with the machine sitting in my lap, not using AC at the time, so the temps are somewhat expected. The CPU doesn't run as cool as my 3920XM with no lid on the die, but I don't want to damage this CPU trying to de-lid it. (Ivy-E IHS is soldered to the die, so de-lidding is a big deal.)

This CPU likes 4.5-4.6GHz. Not sure I can eek 4.7GHz stable out of it, but I plan to try when I have more time and patience to devote to tinkering with it. I burned a lot of calories trying to get the 32GB of 2133 Vengeance to run at 2133 instead of dropping to 1866 and ended up giving up and putting the slower 16GB 2133 Ripjaws sticks back in. At least they will run at 2133 manually.

 

Quite a difference between results with these two GPU tests...

If nothing else, an interesting comparison of 780M SLI and 980M SLI...

 

A strange difference between them.

 

A somewhat similarly wide gap in the Metro Redux benchmarks. However, with regards to this result, and this is purely uninformed speculative questioning . . . Could this performance leap be down to the substantial improvements in DirectCompute for the Maxwell series?

Perhaps dual 970M users like @Cloudfire could also give this a run.

 

Yes, it is directly due to that. OCL and GPUGPU compute is much better with Maxwell than Kepler.

 

Yes, that seemed like logical speculation so I raised the question, as Maxwell carries a very substantial DirectCompute/GPGPU upgrade over Kepler.

 

@residualvoltage - - I cannot find the tread where you were posting about your memory tweaking with the Alienware 18. If someone can find a link, I will post this there.

I just wanted to say "thanks" and share that your tips allowed me to get the memory to run at the expected 2133 by tweaking the tCKmin value a couple of notches lower to change the speed to 1068.38MHz and now the BIOS set to "Auto" for memory boots at the expected 2133. I had both Vengeance and G.SKILL Ripjaws 2133 dropping to 1866 and nothing set manually in the BIOS would coax 2133 out of it, but this did the trick.

Here is a screen shot of the Alienware 18 running the Ripjaws at 2133 and my SPD dump for G.SKILL 4GB DDR3L-2133 for anyone that wants to use it. For those that have different memory, tweaking the same value to increase the speed to 1068 instead of 1067 should do the trick. @residualvoltage was using different memory than Ripjaws and I applied what he did to the G.SKILL with the same success.


@johnksss - FYI

 

@papusan - here are some benches you can shoot for with the AW17 Ranger.

Single 780M - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/9454804


Single 780M - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/5956656? (Windows 7)

 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-4930K,Clevo P570WM powered by PremaMod.com

 

10,098 in LuxMark on A51 here

Still waiting on my AW18 before I post the 880M SLI score.

 

Welcome back? ; )

What changed your mind?

I scored around 2200 on that test, all stock, including vbios.

 

Yep, my 980s were all stock too with no mods and the latest drivers

I don't have a choice, as I will be travelling, if I don't have a notebook I will be screwed with research/boredom. My Galaxy S5 is not my fav piece when it comes to using the net.

 

So it's an exact issue with that clock in particular, that's interesting.