Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.4% 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	169% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	14.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180810
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 16:40
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (31^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 164 72% 118 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 472 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% Dell(1028 088C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.4% Below average	Lighting 38.9 Reflection 44.9 Parallax 36.5 32% 40.1 fps	MRender 55.6 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 50.7 40% 48.4 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD71D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 244 240 242 240 239 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,786 Write 1,277 Mixed 1,052 SusWrite 242 242% 1,089 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 50.4 166% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 416 387% 601 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 255%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1TB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1747 1812 1447 1119 1135 1075 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 1,890 Mixed 1,351 SusWrite 1389 367% 1,632 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 52.8 170% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 691 DQ Mixed 736 559% 755 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 371%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 132GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 99 83 79 88 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 68.3 Write 105 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 90.8 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 184% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 70%

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 below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 89%

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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