Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.6% 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	194% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181005
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 04:23
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 226 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 584 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 86%

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: 398.27 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 132 Parallax 117 102% 125 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD71D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 333 322 301 293 284 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 2,111 Write 1,380 Mixed 1156 SusWrite 327 275% 1,243 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 62.8 202% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 511 DQ Mixed 568 432% 587 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 255%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 873GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 174 181 154 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 127 Write 164 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 174 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KMKYF9-MIB 2x8GB 965 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 24 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 78%

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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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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