Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	216% 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	16GB 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 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.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180522
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 14:21
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-8950HK 14,729 User benchmarks, average bench 74% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 754 78% 626 Pts	64-Core 984 61% 984 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% Dell(1028 088C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 389.12 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 128 Parallax 106 94% 116 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 115 Splatting 93.3 83% 102 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 2,393 Write 1,035 Mixed 1,350 350% 1,593 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 37.4 145% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 97.6 123% 220 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 193%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 540GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 136 136 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 142 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 171 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5254 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 188979544085 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 103 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4020252752 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4652151633 (FE) Unknown 100 100 2	64.9% Good	Read 113 Write 113 Mixed 129 90% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.21 75% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GB 4,611 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 23.1 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 26.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 84%

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Desktop 78%

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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