Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	40.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	248% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 01:30
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Memory 58.9 1-Core 24.4 2-Core 48.5 31% 43.9 Pts	4-Core 84.7 8-Core 152 14% 119 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 37.1% 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: 389.7 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.4% Average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 59 Parallax 54.2 37% 52.8 fps	MRender 47.3 Gravity 50.8 Splatting 69.8 47% 56 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,248 Write 2,104 Mixed 2,401 504% 2,251 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 24 91% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 20.8 DQ Write 42.1 DQ Mixed 11.9 15% 24.9 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 393%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 134 134 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 59 (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 6 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 308 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 184684904482 (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 2 (F1) Unknown 100 100 333036616 (F2) Unknown 100 100 328521910 (FE) Unknown 100 100 2	67.1% Good	Read 119 Write 115 Mixed 118 89% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 18,486 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	43.7% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 6.2 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 131 31% 131 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 78%

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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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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $33

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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