Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.9% 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 Drive	70.8% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '19 at 22:43
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 235 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 551 58% 463 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 088C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.53 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.5 79% 102 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 100 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV8-8E128-11 SATA 128GB 5,529 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: C27110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 129 141 125 119 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 494 Write 143 Mixed 190 SusWrite 130 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 32.7 117% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 134 107% 150 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 96%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$96 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 890GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1697 1740 1664 1557 1574 1563 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,126 Write 1,989 Mixed 1,672 SusWrite 1,632 417% 1,855 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 65.8 215% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 930 DQ Write 870 DQ Mixed 901 676% 900 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 410%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 262GB free Firmware: JB0OA490 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 120 121 118 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 26 SusWrite 119 68% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 859B BLS16G4S26BFSD.16FD 32GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.6% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 83%

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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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16