Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.6% 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	64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '23 at 07:15
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 748 75% 609 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.3% 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: 1708 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.42 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 125 Parallax 107 82% 111 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 107 Splatting 104 87% 106 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKGW180A4 180GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 145 168 155 168 181 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 292 Write 208 Mixed 234 SusWrite 162 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 29.2 106% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 135 125% 196 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 82%
Intel SSDSC2BB800G6 800GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 574GB free Firmware: G2010150 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 409 411 420 419 419 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 315 Write 391 Mixed 301 SusWrite 415 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 27.4 94% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 223 169% 228 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 3200 C22 2x16GB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.4% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 23.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 103%

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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: 0P 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%	2	215	59	60	31.5"	2560 1369	GSM7765 LG ULTRAGEAR

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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	99x

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	99x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	76x
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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16