Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	132% 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 (49%). 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	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181005
Uptime	27.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '19 at 08:48
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing way below expectations (20^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 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 159 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 425 42% 342 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD71D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 192 195 182 191 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1749 Write 946 Mixed 729 SusWrite 183 198% 902 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 34.6 118% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 453 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 178 168% 270 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 255%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 466GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1061 763 777 798 808 824 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,080 Write 1,647 Mixed 1,200 SusWrite 839 270% 1,191 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 34.3 110% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 528 DQ Write 516 DQ Mixed 497 380% 513 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 297%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 531GB free Firmware: JB0OA490 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 81 81 76 79 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 135 Write 121 Mixed 26 SusWrite 80 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KCRXJ6-MIE 2x16GB 1,170 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 89%

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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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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	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 $279	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