Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.7% 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	207% 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	16GB 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 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '19 at 20:27
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 813 80% 657 Pts	64-Core 988 61% 988 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0888) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.27 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 122 Parallax 94.6 86% 107 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 104 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1264 388 389 399 397 382 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,697 Write 392 Mixed 1,079 SusWrite 536 204% 926 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 60.4 196% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1060 DQ Write 965 DQ Mixed 798 657% 941 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 242%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 931GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 173 170 173 173 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 145 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 172 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6D1 2x8GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 23.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 27.6 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 84%

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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 $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