Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 128%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 154%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics132% 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 Drive164% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
SystemAlienware Area-51 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0N4R4N
Memory23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180801
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 16 '18 at 10:39
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU 49%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,200
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
96.2% Outstanding
Memory 86.9
1-Core 149
2-Core 298
97% 178 Pts
4-Core 565
8-Core 1,099
99% 832 Pts
64-Core 2,642
164% 2,642 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 96.2%
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: 416.94
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
132% Outstanding
Lighting 193
Reflection 174
Parallax 181
157% 183 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 162
Splatting 115
106% 130 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 132%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
375GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 704 315 406 572 725 388 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
164% Outstanding
Read 1,198
Write 591
Mixed 837
SusWrite 518
175% 786 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 76.4
4K Mixed 36.5
134% 48 MB/s
DQ Read 1,025
DQ Write 930
DQ Mixed 749
624% 901 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 164%
Great: 216%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 187 181 191 194 190 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 171
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 189
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 102%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston XJ69DF-HYA 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2934 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
121% Outstanding
MC Read 46.2
MC Write 60.4
MC Mixed 40.2
140% 48.9 GB/s
SC Read 8.4
SC Write 22.3
SC Mixed 11.1
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 70.5
57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 81%
This bench: 121%
Great: 137%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 99%
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Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation
Workstation 93%
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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

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