Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	161% 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	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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	19.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, , 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, , ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180522
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '18 at 13:50
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 145 2-Core 227 90% 156 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 617 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.7% Very good	Lighting 113 Reflection 22.9 Parallax 18.7 92% 51.5 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 38% 50.7 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 264GB free Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,506 Write 361 Mixed 624 180% 830 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 33.6 136% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 127 130% 212 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 172%
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 2,210 Write 406 Mixed 512 224% 1,043 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 33.2 124% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 96.5 106% 179 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 193%
Corsair Voyager GTX 128GB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 109GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 428 Write 30.2 Mixed 168 45% 208 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 5.58 50% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 33.7 DQ Mixed 6.05 11% 21 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 57%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 64 19043788 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13727 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 118686931 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3947074949127 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 757006375 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15217 (C2) HDA temperature 39 50 81604378663 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 133539123170154 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28677377027 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29460513109 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	47.5% Average	Read 93.8 Write 71.4 Mixed 60.9 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.31 105% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.2 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 27.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 89%

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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	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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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 $178	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