Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	118% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191021
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '19 at 21:45
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 642 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 1,686 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Dell(1028 0888) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 139 Parallax 121 104% 129 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 149%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 306 296 259 259 282 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 968 Write 191 Mixed 280 SusWrite 266 93% 426 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.2 158% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 469 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 193 183% 294 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 167%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 86GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 273 260 274 307 275 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 354 Write 344 Mixed 341 SusWrite 300 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 29.2 95% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 132 97% 127 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 97%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 917GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 170 170 168 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 127 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 165 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6D1 2x8GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 22.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 27.7 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 84%

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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 $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 $179	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