Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.8% 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	230% 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.

CPU throttled at 66% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170929
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '20 at 10:11
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	66%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 650 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.1% 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	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 133 Parallax 116 98% 123 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 125 Splatting 103 91% 112 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 499GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1245 1304 1322 1403 1403 1173 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,303 Write 1,294 Mixed 956 SusWrite 1,308 274% 1,215 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 65.2 220% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 689 DQ Write 645 DQ Mixed 272 312% 535 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 295%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 192GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 320 317 321 319 318 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 374 Mixed 350 SusWrite 326 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 42.7 141% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 314 239% 324 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 122%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 471GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 104 103 102 103 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 21.9 SusWrite 102 62% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.9% 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)	44.8% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 12.8 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 45%

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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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16