Alienware 17 R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	255% 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.

System	Alienware 17 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R5
Memory	19.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210908
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '21 at 10:36
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 219 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 726 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 898 56% 898 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0877) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 95.9 Reflection 126 Parallax 99.4 78% 107 fps	Gravity 99.5 Splatting 107 92% 103 fps
Poor: 48% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$107 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 826GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1606 1686 1759 1768 1774 1880 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,825 Write 1,803 Mixed 1,697 SusWrite 1,745 399% 1,767 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 55.8 179% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 552 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 405 309% 424 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 488%
Seagate BarraCuda 120 SS 500GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 457GB free Firmware: 7101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 224 226 227 226 232 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 324 Write 356 Mixed 346 SusWrite 226 71% 313 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 25.6 83% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 141 104% 136 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 127%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 866GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 445 397 427 446 441 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 443 Mixed 434 SusWrite 434 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 39.4 127% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 327 245% 328 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$154 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 931GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1610 1601 1288 1143 1166 1169 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,818 Write 1,799 Mixed 1,331 SusWrite 1,330 353% 1,570 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 56.6 185% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 606 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 485 360% 483 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$25 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 465GB free Firmware: 7101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 204 207 205 203 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 175 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 205 126% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 859B BL16G32C16S4B.M16FE1 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2667, 2667 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.3 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

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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

Total price: $33

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16