Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive139% 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.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0N4R4N
Memory24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190222
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 27 '19 at 09:09
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-7900X-$462
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
79.4% Very good
Memory 72.7
1-Core 85.9
2-Core 228
70% 129 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 878
80% 669 Pts
64-Core 1,512
94% 1,512 Pts
Poor: 72%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 145
Parallax 163
105% 146 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 148
Splatting 105
97% 120 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 102%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 331 325 308 293 304 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
139% Outstanding
Read 1420
Write 282
Mixed 345
SusWrite 306
128% 588 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 37.7
149% 60.4 MB/s
DQ Read 510
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 333
265% 377 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 139%
Great: 216%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OAD30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 206 206 206 206 206 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 206
Mixed 22.3
SusWrite 206
114% 158 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 116%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
83.4% Excellent
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 47.3
MC Mixed 25.5
95% 33.2 GB/s
SC Read 5.8
SC Write 20.9
SC Mixed 8.4
33% 11.7 GB/s
Latency 95.2
42% 95.2 ns
Poor: 75%
This bench: 83.4%
Great: 117%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R5 Builds (Compare 212 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine

System: Alienware Area-51 R5

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