Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 142%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 181%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics151% 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 Drive194% 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
Memory29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180801
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateMay 22 '19 at 21:43
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,286
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
93.5% Outstanding
Memory 81.2
1-Core 149
2-Core 298
95% 176 Pts
4-Core 566
8-Core 1,100
99% 833 Pts
64-Core 2,985
185% 2,985 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 93.5%
Great: 95%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Dell(1028 3718) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
151% Outstanding
Lighting 205
Reflection 199
Parallax 236
167% 213 fps
MRender 263
Gravity 207
Splatting 137
158% 202 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 151%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
437GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1070 740 434 438 436 437 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
194% Outstanding
Read 1,536
Write 1,070
Mixed 1,220
SusWrite 592
247% 1,105 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 46.9
173% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 1,065
DQ Write 897
DQ Mixed 747
623% 903 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 194%
Great: 216%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OAD30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 177 179 184 179 182 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 182
Mixed 32.9
SusWrite 180
103% 143 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 103%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
108% Outstanding
MC Read 37.6
MC Write 56.6
MC Mixed 36
124% 43.4 GB/s
SC Read 7.2
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 9.6
38% 13.3 GB/s
Latency 78.4
51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 76%
This bench: 108%
Great: 101%

 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

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