Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.5% 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	172% 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.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 00:09
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-8950HK 14,729 User benchmarks, average bench 74% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 188 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 529 51% 420 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 90%

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: 457.30 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 132 Parallax 118 99% 124 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 125 Splatting 109 94% 116 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 104%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1090 1247 741 501 540 309 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,180 Write 1,354 Mixed 893 SusWrite 738 234% 1,041 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 48.1 165% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 676 DQ Write 592 DQ Mixed 565 442% 611 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 248%

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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.6 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	3	1	60	17.2"	1280 720	AUO109B

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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