Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	155% 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	143% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (83%). 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, 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '20 at 02:29
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	83%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 455 55% 424 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2487) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	155% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 218 Parallax 232 176% 222 fps	MRender 247 Gravity 215 Splatting 135 156% 199 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 303 323 302 276 239 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 1,563 Write 324 Mixed 390 SusWrite 290 139% 642 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 43 153% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 283 230% 325 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 193%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 555GB free Firmware: JB0OA490 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 144 143 146 144 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 119 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 143 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 649 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.2 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 19.9 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 103%

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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	463x
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	127x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	99x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	77x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16