Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 109%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 143%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics126% 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 Drive239% 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.
Memory64GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0N4R4N
Memory56.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180504
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateAug 01 '18 at 14:51
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User KHM-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,149
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
83% Excellent
Memory 71.9
1-Core 136
2-Core 269
85% 159 Pts
4-Core 503
8-Core 1027
90% 765 Pts
64-Core 2,896
179% 2,896 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83%
Great: 95%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 176
Reflection 191
Parallax 171
143% 179 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 169
Splatting 124
113% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
770GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1501 901 901 1098 1025 902 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
239% Outstanding
Read 1,637
Write 1,593
Mixed 1,284
SusWrite 1,055
313% 1,392 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 64.6
217% 78.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,001
DQ Write 895
DQ Mixed 809
645% 902 MB/s
Poor: 99%
This bench: 239%
Great: 251%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38
2TB free
Firmware: CC28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 202 201 199 200 202 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 136
Mixed 71.5
SusWrite 201
105% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 105%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
111% Outstanding
MC Read 38.5
MC Write 57.9
MC Mixed 38.9
129% 45.1 GB/s
SC Read 7.4
SC Write 21.9
SC Mixed 9.9
37% 13.1 GB/s
Latency 97
41% 97 ns
Poor: 76%
This bench: 111%
Great: 155%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R5 Builds (Compare 212 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine

System: Alienware Area-51 R5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $734
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