Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 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	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 05:17
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 253 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 618 67% 529 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.2% 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: 431.53 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 139 Parallax 118 101% 127 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD71D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,094 Write 1,230 Mixed 1,149 328% 1,491 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 65.5 217% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 1,042 DQ Mixed 966 738% 995 MB/s
Poor: 110% Great: 255%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 786GB free Firmware: JB0OA490 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 129 132 134 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 138 Write 136 Mixed 26 SusWrite 130 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 27 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 27.3 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 89%

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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 $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 $46

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