Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics82.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive135% 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.
Memory32GB 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 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
Memory26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180529
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateFeb 13 '20 at 15:10
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.8% Outstanding
Memory 92.2
1-Core 123
2-Core 248
87% 154 Pts
4-Core 482
8-Core 725
75% 603 Pts
64-Core 781
48% 781 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 90.8%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0888) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 121
Parallax 103
82% 108 fps
MRender 97.2
Gravity 97.2
Splatting 103
82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 273 247 229 209 203 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
135% Outstanding
Read 1,536
Write 334
Mixed 386
SusWrite 243
135% 625 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 79.4
4K Mixed 39.7
134% 48.6 MB/s
DQ Read 430
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 284
239% 348 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 135%
Great: 193%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56
126GB free
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 74 75 75 74 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
34.3% Below average
Read 45.3
Write 83.7
Mixed 54
SusWrite 73.7
47% 64.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 34.3%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 9905630-051.A00G 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
81.2% Excellent
MC Read 29.9
MC Write 30.8
MC Mixed 25.1
82% 28.6 GB/s
SC Read 18
SC Write 32.6
SC Mixed 25.3
72% 25.3 GB/s
Latency 63.7
63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R5 Builds (Compare 560 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht

System: Alienware 17 R5

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