Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.6% 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	128% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 07:40
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 671 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 120 Parallax 104 83% 108 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 97 Splatting 103 82% 99 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 342 353 295 323 290 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 553 Write 607 Mixed 467 SusWrite 342 111% 492 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 51.3 165% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,017 DQ Write 508 DQ Mixed 530 456% 685 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 248%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 206GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 120 121 121 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 118 Write 129 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 119 70% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 2x16GB 3,590 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 26.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 27.1 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 89%

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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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Desktop 78%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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