Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive133% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 17 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190418
Uptime3.7 Days
Run DateJul 19 '19 at 19:34
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-8950HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
82.4% Excellent
Memory 87.1
1-Core 145
2-Core 245
90% 159 Pts
4-Core 419
8-Core 656
66% 537 Pts
64-Core 812
50% 812 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 088C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 143
Parallax 131
107% 135 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 128
Splatting 106
94% 116 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 102%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 220 200 206 204 199 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Read 988
Write 247
Mixed 381
SusWrite 222
100% 460 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 88.1
4K Mixed 49.1
164% 57.7 MB/s
DQ Read 831
DQ Write 456
DQ Mixed 602
459% 630 MB/s
Poor: 112%
This bench: 133%
Great: 248%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB
276GB free
Firmware: SDM2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 119 120 120 120 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 85.8
Write 114
Mixed 56.8
SusWrite 118
69% 93.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 95%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
87.7% Excellent
MC Read 32.2
MC Write 33.8
MC Mixed 27.5
89% 31.2 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 36.4
SC Mixed 27.6
79% 27.8 GB/s
Latency 70.4
57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 89%

 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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