Alienware Area-51 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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 Drive	242% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0HJ5Y7
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170729
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 00:18
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 77.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 812 80% 655 Pts	64-Core 997 62% 997 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 195 Parallax 185 142% 185 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 161 Splatting 117 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,028 Write 1,340 Mixed 1,528 362% 1,632 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41 188% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 571 DQ Write 478 DQ Mixed 258 266% 436 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 242936960 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 20 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 414092 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 61 639631397 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 330 (C2) HDA temperature 37 40 90194313253 (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 -110307645063125 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1566994157 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40808935	90% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 145 Mixed 144 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 114%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 34GB 522 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 22GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 119 Write 33.6 Mixed 41.9 67% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.48 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 1.01 102% 2.92 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 29,586 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.3% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 13.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 10 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 96%

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

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Gaming 103%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 104%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R4

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	50x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	28x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	45x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	8x
PC300 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 131%, 3,574 samples	7x
hynix SC311 SATA 128GBSKBench 65%, 20,313 samples	7x

RAM
XJ69DF-HYA 4x8GBKingstonBench 106%, 164 samples	19x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GBMicronBench 122%, 84 samples	15x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,851 samples	13x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $860

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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