Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 178%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics148% 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 Drive293% 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.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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
Memory49.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190222
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJul 14 '19 at 07:01
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9980XE-$1,097
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
95.8% Outstanding
Memory 86.1
1-Core 150
2-Core 298
96% 178 Pts
4-Core 565
8-Core 1064
97% 814 Pts
64-Core 2,939
182% 2,939 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Dell(1028 3718) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.58
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
148% Outstanding
Lighting 201
Reflection 210
Parallax 222
164% 211 fps
MRender 251
Gravity 201
Splatting 130
152% 194 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 148%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Ssdpe21d960gad NVME INTEL 960GB
274GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E201D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 698 932 995 964 965 964 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
293% Outstanding
Read 1,762
Write 1065
Mixed 1,332
SusWrite 920
284% 1,270 MB/s
4K Read 128
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 112
397% 117 MB/s
DQ Read 976
DQ Write 1,031
DQ Mixed 973
740% 994 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 293%
Great: 400%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320
954GB free
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 703 953 1014 985 984 983 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
251% Outstanding
Read 2,060
Write 1,057
Mixed 1,060
SusWrite 937
284% 1,279 MB/s
4K Read 41.1
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 53.2
193% 70.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,098
DQ Write 1,260
DQ Mixed 1,151
874% 1,169 MB/s
Poor: 215%
This bench: 251%
Great: 425%
WD WD4002FFWX-68TZ4N0 4TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 201 206 197 202 207 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 189
Write 196
Mixed 80
SusWrite 202
121% 167 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.9
210% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 112%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston XN205T-MIE 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
143% Outstanding
MC Read 51.1
MC Write 75.4
MC Mixed 49.4
168% 58.6 GB/s
SC Read 8.1
SC Write 23.1
SC Mixed 11.6
41% 14.3 GB/s
Latency 71.1
56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 92%
This bench: 143%
Great: 160%

 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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