Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics80.7% 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 Drive252% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191021
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 13 '20 at 04:40
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 16%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th 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 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Memory 87.7
1-Core 119
2-Core 240
83% 149 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 551
59% 469 Pts
64-Core 717
44% 717 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 088C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.27
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Lighting 99.5
Reflection 119
Parallax 92.6
81% 104 fps
MRender 94.2
Gravity 94.5
Splatting 102
80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
420GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1648 1040 814 817 815 820 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
252% Outstanding
Read 2,068
Write 2,029
Mixed 1,620
SusWrite 992
376% 1,677 MB/s
4K Read 54.7
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 69.7
226% 75.1 MB/s
DQ Read 925
DQ Write 783
DQ Mixed 853
639% 853 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 252%
Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
925GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 467 461 466 467 464 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 474
Write 403
Mixed 398
SusWrite 464
98% 435 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 72.1
4K Mixed 44
144% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 361
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 324
244% 328 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 107%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2666 C18 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
90.5% Outstanding
MC Read 33.6
MC Write 34.6
MC Mixed 28.5
92% 32.2 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 38.6
SC Mixed 26.7
81% 28.4 GB/s
Latency 69.8
57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 90.5%
Great: 90%

 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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