Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180810
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '18 at 10:46
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 268 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 630 68% 540 Pts	64-Core 799 49% 799 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.25 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 17.2 Reflection 44.9 Parallax 18.4 14% 26.8 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 16.5 Splatting 25.8 16% 18.5 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1238 1298 1319 1140 751 625 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,386 Write 1,337 Mixed 918 SusWrite 1,062 264% 1,176 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 55.8 187% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,104 DQ Write 579 DQ Mixed 599 510% 761 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 248%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 917GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 449 454 453 449 446 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 366 Mixed 340 SusWrite 446 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 31.9 106% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 269 215% 302 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 121%
Seagate BUP Slim Mac SL 1TB 526 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 355GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 79 82 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 74.6 Write 55.4 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 81.1 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 893GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 64 71 72 73 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 111 Write 96.3 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 71.3 112% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.8 181% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 25E4 4TB 385 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3.5TB free, PID 25e4 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 90 90 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 102 Write 85.2 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 89.2 115% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.6 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 28.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 89%

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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