Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	226% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 20:58
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 680 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 142 Parallax 121 104% 130 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 506,702 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0877) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6860 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.1% Terrible	Lighting 6.77 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 8.19 6% 8.86 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 16.1 10% 12 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.1% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1286 1307 1296 1305 1314 925 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,397 Write 757 Mixed 764 SusWrite 1,239 232% 1039 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 53.7 179% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 1,133 DQ Write 617 DQ Mixed 608 523% 786 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 248%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 926GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 113 121 120 111 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 140 Write 106 Mixed 30 SusWrite 117 71% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 75%
Memorex USB Flash Drive 64GB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 54GB free, PID 7722 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 19 19 22 36 34 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 150 Write 32 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 25.1 64% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 67% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 26%

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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 27.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 90%

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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 $178	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) $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