Alienware Area-51 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 133% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	213% 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 Area-51 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0HJ5Y7
Memory	21.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180801
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 00:01
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,511 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 74.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 92% 174 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 1,080 96% 813 Pts	64-Core 2,779 172% 2,779 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 95%

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: 416.81 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 165 Parallax 164 128% 162 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 157 Splatting 108 101% 125 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 590GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 933 523 499 459 430 432 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,820 Write 1,295 Mixed 886 SusWrite 546 252% 1,137 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 63.7 223% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 917 DQ Write 800 DQ Mixed 842 636% 853 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 294%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 356GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1437 1424 1341 1286 1389 982 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,856 Write 1,413 Mixed 839 SusWrite 1,310 303% 1,355 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 55.2 203% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1162 DQ Write 398 DQ Mixed 448 418% 670 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 283%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 6TB 1,602 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 302 294 322 316 294 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 37% Great: 123%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 128 129 129 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 114 Write 140 Mixed 81 SusWrite 127 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 67%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.8 0.8 0.8 14 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.18% Terrible	Read 6 Write 0.7 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 5.1 2% 3.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 3.18% Great: 67%

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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 44.6 MC Mixed 29.3 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 10.1 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 91.3 44% 91.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 107%

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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 $455Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16