Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics83.9% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180331
Uptime1.6 Days
Run DateNov 19 '20 at 14:32
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 32%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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 (100th percentile)
90% Outstanding
Memory 88.8
1-Core 123
2-Core 244
85% 152 Pts
4-Core 491
8-Core 758
77% 624 Pts
64-Core 730
45% 730 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 90%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0888) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 389.07
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 121
Parallax 94.6
85% 107 fps
MRender 97
Gravity 97.2
Splatting 105
82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 82%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56
881GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 93 72 44 89 98 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
36.7% Below average
Read 54.7
Write 16.4
Mixed 51.3
SusWrite 73
36% 48.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.1
64% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 36.7%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
77.6% Very good
MC Read 30.2
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 22
78% 27.4 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 22.4
69% 24.2 GB/s
Latency 68.7
58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 77.6%
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%
Yacht
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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