Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics83.4% 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 Drive214% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 17 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190223
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 25 '19 at 00:28
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Memory 94
1-Core 130
2-Core 259
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 471
8-Core 713
73% 592 Pts
64-Core 829
51% 829 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.49
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83.4% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 122
Parallax 103
84% 109 fps
MRender 97.5
Gravity 99.1
Splatting 105
83% 101 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 83.4%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXD71D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1068 336 299 293 291 304 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
214% Outstanding
Read 1,756
Write 1,333
Mixed 1,080
SusWrite 432
256% 1,150 MB/s
4K Read 60.7
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 70
236% 77.8 MB/s
DQ Read 977
DQ Write 1,016
DQ Mixed 980
741% 991 MB/s
Poor: 110%
This bench: 214%
Great: 255%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
928GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 122 118 123 120 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
70.2% Very good
Read 123
Write 117
Mixed 31.1
SusWrite 122
71% 98.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
77.3% Very good
MC Read 29
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 21.2
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 33.3
SC Mixed 24.7
74% 26 GB/s
Latency 59.8
67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 17 R5 Builds (Compare 560 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 55%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht

System: Alienware 17 R5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 37% - Below average Total price: $33
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