Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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 Drive	146% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '19 at 07:34
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 237 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 511 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% Dell(1028 088C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 389.12 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 139 Parallax 120 105% 129 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1065 1027 1232 1251 1199 444 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 913 Write 1,289 Mixed 514 SusWrite 1,036 212% 938 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 37.3 121% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 321 206% 227 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 306%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 921GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 174 173 169 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 176 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 172 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1 217% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 95%

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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 26.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 89%

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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