Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 17 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190418
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 05 '19 at 16:44
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Memory 89.4
1-Core 128
2-Core 235
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 460
8-Core 639
69% 550 Pts
64-Core 801
50% 801 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 389.12
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 140
Parallax 119
107% 130 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 130
Splatting 104
94% 116 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 102%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
216GB free
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 172 130 52 52 51 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 640
Write 624
Mixed 573
SusWrite 115
109% 488 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 55.8
187% 67.2 MB/s
DQ Read 844
DQ Write 620
DQ Mixed 482
428% 649 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 123%
Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
891GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JB0OA490
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 130 136 137 140 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Read 144
Write 137
Mixed 31
SusWrite 135
81% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6D1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
MC Read 32.6
MC Write 32.7
MC Mixed 23.6
85% 29.6 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 35.9
SC Mixed 27.6
80% 27.8 GB/s
Latency 68
59% 68 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming
Gaming 55%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 48%
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System: Alienware 17 R5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 37% - Below average Total price: $33
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