Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	251% 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.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '18 at 23:32
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 806 77% 638 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 088C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 120 Parallax 93.4 82% 105 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 98.2 78% 94.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1981 807 612 613 618 615 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,958 Write 1991 Mixed 1,074 SusWrite 874 330% 1,474 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 75.9 248% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 998 DQ Write 882 DQ Mixed 935 702% 938 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 251GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2064 731 592 592 592 591 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,027 Write 2,106 Mixed 1,174 SusWrite 860 345% 1,542 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 74.8 245% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1132 DQ Write 1,023 DQ Mixed 84.7 335% 746 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 340%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 928GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 171 169 171 169 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 162 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 170 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 95%

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)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 22.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 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	99x

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	99x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	76x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16