Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34% 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	232% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 23:51
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 230 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 706 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 088C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 44.7 Parallax 36.5 32% 40 fps	MRender 54.2 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 49.7 39% 47.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,650 Write 1,328 Mixed 1,367 391% 1,782 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 22.8 144% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46.9 DQ Write 81.3 DQ Mixed 23.3 29% 50.5 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 254%
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 37GB free Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 2,322 Write 285 Mixed 401 213% 1,003 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 37.3 140% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 17.6 86% 194 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 193%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 10GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 119 Write 39.8 Mixed 46.2 72% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.77 85% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GB 41,676 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 10.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 42%

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Workstation 48%

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System: Alienware 17 R5

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	462x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	314x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	126x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	98x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	76x
NVMe Samsung 256GBPm981Bench 192%, 5,350 samples	35x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc400Bench 186%, 2,374 samples	22x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	170x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 85%, 10,266 samples	26x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 7,078 samples	26x

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $33

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