Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	20.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180529
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 15:44
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	OMN-User
Background CPU	97%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	36.3% Below average	Memory 60.8 1-Core 21 2-Core 40.9 30% 40.9 Pts	4-Core 68.5 8-Core 84 10% 76.2 Pts	64-Core 137 8% 137 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 36.3% 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: 398.27 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.2% Poor	Lighting 20.3 Reflection 34.9 Parallax 19.1 17% 24.8 fps	MRender 15 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 52.9 27% 30.5 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg50pnv1t02 NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GB 918 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 822GB free (System drive) Firmware: AFDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 578 530 567 625 587 618 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 638 Write 682 Mixed 517 SusWrite 584 136% 605 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 12.4 40% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 116 87% 117 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 246%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 875GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 111 107 126 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 112 Write 89 Mixed 42 SusWrite 114 65% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 75%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 781GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 29 26 26 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 50 Write 75 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 27.3 71% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GB 20,439 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 18.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 55%

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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 $300	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 $45	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