Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	173% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180522
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '18 at 07:51
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 773 78% 631 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2767 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 208 Parallax 194 107% 178 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 179 Splatting 130 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1997 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 17% 20.8 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 307GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1352 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 442 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 54 22 335007973422 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3696562202 (F7) Unknown 100 100 115676812 (F8) Unknown 100 100 64287296 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1926 (D2) Unknown 100 100 16	67.1% Good	Read 476 Write 333 Mixed 335 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 20 78% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 38.5 45% 72.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 98%
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 2,232 Write 815 Mixed 444 252% 1,164 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 20.6 105% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 19.1 27% 47.4 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 193%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 439GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 183 183 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 389 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 262 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 202 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 12089 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 201864577060 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 65 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5634680420 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2883310082 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	60.6% Good	Read 110 Write 101 Mixed 113 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.18 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 5,327 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 107%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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