Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive218% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180529
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 23 '18 at 04:34
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
88% Excellent
Memory 93.4
1-Core 123
2-Core 206
82% 141 Pts
4-Core 445
8-Core 700
71% 573 Pts
64-Core 960
59% 960 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 88%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.27
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
103% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 148
Parallax 125
110% 136 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 129
Splatting 105
94% 116 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 103%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1281 1320 1308 1342 1348 935 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
218% Outstanding
Read 1,424
Write 1,350
Mixed 886
SusWrite 1,256
276% 1,229 MB/s
4K Read 39.4
4K Write 89.5
4K Mixed 52
174% 60.3 MB/s
DQ Read 757
DQ Write 620
DQ Mixed 603
475% 660 MB/s
Poor: 112%
This bench: 218%
Great: 248%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JB0OA490
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 122 124 125 124 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
70% Very good
Read 121
Write 125
Mixed 28.5
SusWrite 123
72% 99.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
108% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 70%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown KCRXJ6-MIE 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
MC Read 33.2
MC Write 34.9
MC Mixed 27.8
91% 32 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 37.5
SC Mixed 27.4
80% 28.1 GB/s
Latency 61.2
65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop
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Workstation
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System: Alienware 17 R5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 37% - Below average Total price: $33
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