Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	214% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '18 at 00:26
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 249 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 612 65% 519 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 106% 132 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 127 Splatting 106 94% 115 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1292 1308 1315 1312 1306 1123 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,172 Write 1,274 Mixed 888 SusWrite 1276 260% 1,153 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 51.8 171% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,002 DQ Write 610 DQ Mixed 614 509% 742 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 248%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 867GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 121 119 119 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 106 Mixed 26 SusWrite 120 69% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 37.3 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 39.4 48% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 18,486 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 22.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 26.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 84%

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Workstation 48%

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System: Alienware 17 R5

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	463x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	314x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	127x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	99x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	77x
NVMe Samsung 256GBPm981Bench 192%, 5,350 samples	36x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc400Bench 186%, 2,374 samples	22x

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

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $33

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16