Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	99% 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	141% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). 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	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 02:02
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 72 1-Core 43.1 2-Core 76.2 42% 63.8 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 372 31% 270 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.5% 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 (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 138 Parallax 126 103% 130 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99% 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% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 547 505 641 650 597 610 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,666 Write 836 Mixed 1,016 SusWrite 592 228% 1,027 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 17.7 88% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 542 DQ Write 24.8 DQ Mixed 55 97% 207 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 141% 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: 915 836 897 782 768 782 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2095 Write 1,591 Mixed 1,598 SusWrite 830 342% 1,529 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 51.7 180% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 658 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 504 382% 520 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 355%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 922GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 165 167 168 166 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 159 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 163 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 91.6% 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 below expectations (29^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 26.4 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 90%

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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