Alienware Area-51 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XF4NJ
Memory	50.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '18 at 15:41
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen TR 1950X-$225 23,641 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 64.2 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 180 63% 113 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 786 71% 599 Pts	64-Core 2,223 138% 2,223 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3482) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.95 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 119 Parallax 110 83% 110 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 110 Splatting 94.8 82% 101 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,789 Write 1,257 Mixed 1,299 321% 1,449 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 49.9 168% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 74 76% 127 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 259%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 75563064 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1016 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 30358 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (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 65 63 605421603 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7344 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 81604378659 (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 73418170958197 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6523978 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47780425	99.6% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 159 Mixed 159 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	MC Read 59.6 MC Write 55 MC Mixed 58.5 165% 57.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 22.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 158%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R3

CPU
Ryzen TR 1950XAMD $225Bench 77%, 23,641 samples	19x
Ryzen TR 1900XAMD $110Bench 76%, 7,071 samples	6x
Ryzen TR 1920XAMD $800Bench 78%, 10,440 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $37Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	6x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 225%, 6,967 samples	5x
670p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBIntel $550Bench 327%, 3,198 samples	2x

RAM
16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GBMicronBench 122%, 84 samples	9x
HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 2x16GBHynixBench 84%, 1,261 samples	3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	2x

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Total price: $747

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16