Alienware Area-51 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	148% 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	64GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Area-51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XF4NJ
Memory	58.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180907
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '19 at 00:21
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen TR 1950X-$225 23,641 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 849 75% 638 Pts	64-Core 1239 77% 1239 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 181 Parallax 185 138% 178 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 170 Splatting 116 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 9,737 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 315 341 379 455 514 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,430 Write 297 Mixed 398 SusWrite 378 136% 626 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 41.5 143% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 750 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 382 320% 476 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 251%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 197 195 198 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 151 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 197 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 4x16GB 237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 30.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 28.3 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 155%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Area-51 R3 Builds (Compare 29 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 119%

UFO

System: Alienware Area-51 R3

CPU
Ryzen TR 1950XAMD $225Bench 77%, 23,641 samples	19x
Ryzen TR 1900XAMD $110Bench 76%, 7,071 samples	6x
Ryzen TR 1920XAMD $800Bench 78%, 10,440 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $37Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	6x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 225%, 6,967 samples	5x
670p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBIntel $130Bench 327%, 3,198 samples	2x

RAM
16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GBMicronBench 122%, 84 samples	9x
HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 2x16GBHynixBench 84%, 1,261 samples	3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	2x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $747

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16