Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84% 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 Drive206% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190223
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 16 '19 at 23:21
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User DOM-User
Background CPU 19%

 PC Performing way above expectations (86th 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 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
85.8% Excellent
Memory 93.8
1-Core 124
2-Core 248
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 419
8-Core 698
68% 558 Pts
64-Core 809
50% 809 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 85.8%
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: 398.27
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
84% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 123
Parallax 103
85% 110 fps
MRender 97.4
Gravity 97.5
Splatting 103
82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 84%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXD71D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1062 310 293 294 293 294 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
206% Outstanding
Read 2,091
Write 1,331
Mixed 1,110
SusWrite 424
274% 1,239 MB/s
4K Read 50.5
4K Write 96.6
4K Mixed 63.6
209% 70.2 MB/s
DQ Read 669
DQ Write 756
DQ Mixed 698
530% 707 MB/s
Poor: 110%
This bench: 206%
Great: 255%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JB0OA490
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 140 137 142 140 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Read 142
Write 137
Mixed 29
SusWrite 140
81% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3E1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
75.1% Very good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 26.7
MC Mixed 21.4
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 31.9
SC Mixed 24.5
71% 24.9 GB/s
Latency 60.3
66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 78%

 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%
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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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