Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.9% 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 Drive	95.7% 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.

Run History

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System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170929
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '20 at 08:00
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel 0000 393 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 188 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 643 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 868 54% 868 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 133 Parallax 125 99% 126 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 91% 112 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 318 317 317 320 318 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 417 Mixed 361 SusWrite 325 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 41.7 137% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 320 241% 323 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 122%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 500GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 1,715 Mixed 1,002 294% 1,359 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 65.8 220% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 659 DQ Mixed 270 313% 537 MB/s
Poor: 130% Great: 295%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 471GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 103 103 103 103 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 106 Write 113 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 102 62% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 1x16GB 18,452 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 1 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 12.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 45%

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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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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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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