Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 08:13
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 229 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 505 61% 467 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.5% 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: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 48.2 8% 23.2 fps	MRender 17 Gravity 53.4 Splatting 17.9 23% 29.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 354 273 312 318 290 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 700 Write 740 Mixed 628 SusWrite 326 134% 598 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 32.7 117% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 423 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 287 237% 343 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 193%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 119 122 120 123 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 121 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 122 72% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GB 3,713 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 13.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 13.8 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 49%

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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	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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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $33

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16