Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.9% 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	196% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 22:24
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (53^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 199 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 575 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.4% 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: 419.72 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 138 Parallax 130 102% 131 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1055 894 868 789 758 739 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,709 Write 1,782 Mixed 1,364 SusWrite 851 320% 1,427 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 49 183% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 238 229% 368 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 355%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 316GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1940 984 793 792 791 791 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,634 Write 1,683 Mixed 1,408 SusWrite 1015 323% 1,435 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 55.9 173% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 650 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 568 429% 579 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 355%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 923GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 171 170 163 172 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 171 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 170 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GB 20,439 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 26.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 27.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

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Gaming 55%

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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	99x

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	99x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	76x
NVMe Samsung 256GBPm981Bench 192%, 5,350 samples	36x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc400Bench 186%, 2,374 samples	22x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	170x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 7,078 samples	27x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 85%, 10,266 samples	26x

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $33

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16