Alienware Area-51 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 147% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	138% 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	240% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Area-51 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0HJ5Y7
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180801
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 02:04
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7960X-$347 2,322 User benchmarks, average bench 83% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 76.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 976 86% 729 Pts	64-Core 2499 155% 2499 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 99%

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: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 208 Reflection 180 Parallax 168 169% 185 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 162 Splatting 114 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 706GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1345 1237 1236 1234 1223 1240 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,653 Write 1,414 Mixed 750 SusWrite 1,252 284% 1,267 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 52.5 185% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 985 DQ Write 832 DQ Mixed 856 656% 891 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 302%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 57GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,322 Write 1,156 Mixed 704 235% 1,061 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 52.2 185% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,124 DQ Write 974 DQ Mixed 919 724% 1,005 MB/s
Poor: 157% Great: 302%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 445GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1145 1150 1176 1179 1180 1187 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,212 Write 1,147 Mixed 766 SusWrite 1,170 242% 1,074 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 48.9 178% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,115 DQ Write 976 DQ Mixed 986 756% 1,026 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 302%
Samsung MZVLW1T0HMLH-000L7 1TB 1,393 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 227GB free Firmware: 2L7QCXY7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1307 1200 1212 849 489 488 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,601 Write 1,401 Mixed 942 SusWrite 924 272% 1,217 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 61.5 218% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1018 DQ Write 885 DQ Mixed 925 701% 943 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 430GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 141 140 138 125 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 124 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 136 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 114%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 931GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 138 162 131 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 108 Write 105 Mixed 64 SusWrite 138 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 98%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 124GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 103GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 87.7 Write 54 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 33.6 65% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.8 120% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GB 1,851 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 54.3 MC Mixed 33.7 120% 42.1 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 9.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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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 $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	45x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16