Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.8% 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	178% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '19 at 15:04
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 216 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 661 73% 574 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 123 Parallax 95 85% 107 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 97 Splatting 102 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssdpekkf256g8 NVMe INTEL 256GB 1,391 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: D05N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 187 181 140 174 149 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,682 Write 1,047 Mixed 1,010 SusWrite 202 218% 985 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 66.7 221% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 656 DQ Write 651 DQ Mixed 117 236% 475 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 236%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 213GB free Firmware: JB0OA490 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 97 97 97 98 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 97.5 63% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 21.4 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 78%

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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

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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 $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