Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.9% 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 Drive415% 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.
Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200708
Uptime3 Days
Run DateJan 22 '21 at 00:11
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 82%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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 way above expectations (94th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Memory 89.3
1-Core 124
2-Core 231
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 441
8-Core 562
64% 501 Pts
64-Core 700
43% 700 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
79.9% Very good
Lighting 96.7
Reflection 175
Parallax 96.9
79% 123 fps
MRender 95.1
Gravity 96.6
Splatting 106
82% 99.1 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron 2200 NVMe 256GB
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 22000120 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 43 41 42 45 46 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
415% Outstanding
Read 4,837
Write 42.6
Mixed 80.4
SusWrite 43
260% 1,251 MB/s
4K Read 540
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 5.6
826% 183 MB/s
Poor: 87%
This bench: 415%
Great: 197%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB
309GB free
Firmware: SDM2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 90 87 80 91 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
39.1% Below average
Read 49.1
Write 77.5
Mixed 48.3
SusWrite 87
48% 65.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.3
74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 39.1%
Great: 95%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
84.6% Excellent
MC Read 31.3
MC Write 33.2
MC Mixed 25.6
86% 30 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 35.2
SC Mixed 26.5
75% 26.3 GB/s
Latency 68.1
59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 89%

 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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