Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, 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	297% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	19.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190223
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 31 '19 at 23:33
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 273 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 700 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 865 54% 865 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 141 Parallax 65.8 107% 113 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 506,702 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0877) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6287 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.32% Terrible	Lighting 7.17 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.16 6% 9.03 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 16.1 10% 12 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.32% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1594 1653 1688 1716 1712 1551 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,230 Write 2,036 Mixed 1,192 SusWrite 1,652 398% 1,777 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 65 224% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 994 DQ Write 703 DQ Mixed 725 575% 807 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 393%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 308GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 454 464 463 464 442 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 457 Mixed 445 SusWrite 456 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 47 156% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 326 246% 330 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Nvme KXG60ZNV256G NVM 256GB 754 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 214GB free Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 57 59 59 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	568% Outstanding	Read 5,831 Write 54.2 Mixed 110 SusWrite 57.7 315% 1,513 MB/s	4K Read 821 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 6.3 1,254% 277 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 568% Great: 239%
Seagate Slim BK 500GB 653 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 39GB free Firmware: 0938 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 36 62 36 49 63 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 56 Write 57.8 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 50.9 37% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 84% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 61%
Seagate FA GOFlex Desk 2TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 424GB free, PID 50a0 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 21 24 26 24 23 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	6.7% Terrible	Read 8.3 Write 21 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 22.3 22% 15 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 11% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 6.7% Great: 43%
WD My Book 1230 6TB 1,283 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 65 55 62 58 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 35 Write 43.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 61 60% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 35% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 68%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 137 131 138 136 128 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 168 Write 164 Mixed 85 SusWrite 136 183% 138 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 0.8 346% 4.13 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 9.2 DQ Mixed 0.7 338% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Wireless 1TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 857GB free, PID a313 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 77 79 78 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 82.7 Write 40.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 77.1 83% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2666 C18 2x16GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 90%

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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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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