Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	260% 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.

Run History

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System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181005
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '19 at 08:04
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 86 1-Core 138 2-Core 270 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 818 83% 672 Pts	64-Core 992 61% 992 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.9% 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: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 144 Parallax 120 106% 131 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1029 1013 1049 1085 1081 1104 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,192 Write 2,067 Mixed 1,583 SusWrite 1,060 387% 1,725 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 67.9 217% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 949 DQ Write 834 DQ Mixed 859 653% 881 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 372%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 393GB free Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1648 1620 1674 1557 1696 1572 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,027 Write 1,587 Mixed 626 SusWrite 1,628 328% 1,467 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 44.8 175% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,044 DQ Write 917 DQ Mixed 878 686% 946 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 306%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 223GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 471 357 283 285 274 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 456 Mixed 435 SusWrite 358 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 37.8 129% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 298 233% 321 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 133%

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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 26.8 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 27.7 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 89%

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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 $295	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