Alienware Area-51 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	146% 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0HJ5Y7
Memory	17.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 18:34
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 75.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 225 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 872 78% 656 Pts	64-Core 2,504 155% 2,504 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.6% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 138 Parallax 125 100% 129 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 129 Splatting 102 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 525 408 412 427 423 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,412 Write 263 Mixed 328 SusWrite 386 130% 597 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 39.7 165% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 511 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 357 266% 362 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 216%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 399GB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 192 190 193 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 189 Mixed 32 SusWrite 192 110% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 125 125 125 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 85.2 Write 106 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 124 72% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 67%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 26GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.5 6.1 6.8 6.9 6.7 6.3 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 8.5 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 6.9 15% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.9 119% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GB 1,851 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 50.4 MC Mixed 32.9 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 8.9 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 107%

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Gaming 103%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 104%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R4

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	50x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	28x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	45x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	8x
PC300 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 131%, 3,574 samples	7x
hynix SC311 SATA 128GBSKBench 65%, 20,313 samples	7x

RAM
XJ69DF-HYA 4x8GBKingstonBench 106%, 164 samples	19x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GBMicronBench 122%, 84 samples	15x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,851 samples	13x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $860

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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