Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive80.7% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 17 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190418
Uptime15.5 Days
Run DateSep 18 '19 at 22:04
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-8950HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 95
1-Core 138
2-Core 257
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 429
8-Core 650
67% 540 Pts
64-Core 802
50% 802 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.46
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 143
Parallax 127
105% 133 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 129
Splatting 105
94% 115 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 101%
Great: 104%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SK hynix SC401 SATA 256GB
209GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 90000121
SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 151 145 146 146 145 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Read 475
Write 412
Mixed 389
SusWrite 185
82% 365 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 71.2
4K Mixed 34.1
127% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 228
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 265
198% 261 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown M471A1K43CB1-CRC 80AD000080AD HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
78.4% Very good
MC Read 30.8
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 21.6
78% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 25.3
72% 25.2 GB/s
Latency 57.2
70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming
Gaming 55%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 48%
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System: Alienware 17 R5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 37% - Below average Total price: $33
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