Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 173% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	146% 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	385% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180801
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '19 at 05:38
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 77.5 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 93% 174 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 1,056 96% 808 Pts	64-Core 3,049 189% 3,049 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Dell(1028 3718) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 221 Parallax 225 157% 213 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 206 Splatting 137 157% 200 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssdpe21d280gad NVME INTEL 280GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 367% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: E201D02N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1771 1712 1717 1677 1675 1681 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	385% Outstanding	Read 1,920 Write 1,735 Mixed 1,794 SusWrite 1,706 403% 1,789 MB/s	4K Read 162 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 146 509% 150 MB/s	DQ Read 1,119 DQ Write 996 DQ Mixed 1,080 804% 1,065 MB/s
Poor: 310% ↑ This bench: 385% Great: 419%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$140 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 158GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 168 158 165 168 161 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 362 Write 223 Mixed 241 SusWrite 167 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 36 124% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 209 167% 237 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 55GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 381 221 213 206 196 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 454 Mixed 400 SusWrite 279 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 51.3 180% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 352 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 198 198 197 197 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 187 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 197 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 159 158 158 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 164 Mixed 106 SusWrite 158 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43DB2-CTD 4x8GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 53.5 MC Mixed 34.5 120% 41.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 9.3 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	51x
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	34x
Core i7-9800XIntel $545Bench 83%, 4,003 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	63x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	42x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	32x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	21x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	14x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	11x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,851 samples	12x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	10x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 78%, 6,317 samples	8x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $734

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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