Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 109%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 129%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 84%, 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 Drive163% 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 (100%). 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
Memory23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180801
Uptime2 Days
Run DateNov 21 '18 at 14:21
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th 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 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 83.2
1-Core 119
2-Core 239
82% 147 Pts
4-Core 455
8-Core 853
78% 654 Pts
64-Core 2,337
145% 2,337 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84%
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 below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 182
Reflection 166
Parallax 172
148% 173 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 155
Splatting 109
101% 125 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
377GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 937 580 456 440 433 450 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
163% Outstanding
Read 1,685
Write 1,068
Mixed 735
SusWrite 549
224% 1,009 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 56.5
4K Mixed 15.6
98% 34.5 MB/s
DQ Read 785
DQ Write 752
DQ Mixed 779
582% 772 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 163%
Great: 216%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 189 199 199 198 199 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 187
Mixed 85
SusWrite 194
120% 164 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 110%
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 (76th percentile)
119% Outstanding
MC Read 45.5
MC Write 60.2
MC Mixed 39.3
138% 48.3 GB/s
SC Read 7.9
SC Write 20.2
SC Mixed 10.2
36% 12.8 GB/s
Latency 74.8
54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 81%
This bench: 119%
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 99%
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Desktop
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Workstation
Workstation 93%
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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

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