Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	117% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 22:32
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 258 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 511 58% 455 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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 (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 144 Parallax 122 108% 133 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 149%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 247 236 228 224 222 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 861 Write 229 Mixed 284 SusWrite 252 89% 406 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 43.6 167% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 443 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 278 226% 327 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 167%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 86GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 321 322 319 323 321 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 362 Write 358 Mixed 342 SusWrite 336 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 28.7 93% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 130 96% 127 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 97%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 917GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 167 169 169 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 164 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 166 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 230% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 91.9% 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 (93^rd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 23.5 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 84%

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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	99x

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	99x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	76x
NVMe Samsung 256GBPm981Bench 192%, 5,350 samples	36x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc400Bench 186%, 2,374 samples	22x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	170x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 7,078 samples	27x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 85%, 10,266 samples	26x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16