Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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 Drive	197% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180529
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 04:54
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 737 69% 576 Pts	64-Core 977 60% 977 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 148 Parallax 127 112% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 124 Parallax 105 86% 111 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 105 83% 100 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC400 SK hy 512GB 309 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1139 1074 1054 1024 997 773 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,295 Write 1,216 Mixed 871 SusWrite 1010 247% 1,098 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 49.9 165% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 844 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 598 484% 689 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 252%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 242GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 413 423 427 409 428 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 300 Mixed 401 SusWrite 418 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 37 122% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 274 219% 308 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 123%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 101 114 113 111 114 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 46.7 Write 99.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 111 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.4 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 78%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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