Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 98%
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 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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 Drive217% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190527
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 24 '19 at 08:24
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 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 i7-9800X-$545
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
89.6% Excellent
Memory 79.6
1-Core 117
2-Core 293
86% 163 Pts
4-Core 533
8-Core 962
90% 747 Pts
64-Core 1,524
94% 1,524 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 89.6%
Great: 96%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389
Dell(1028 3729) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
106% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 157
Parallax 166
107% 152 fps
MRender 173
Gravity 134
Splatting 100
107% 136 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 106%
Great: 134%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1190 400 404 405 404 405 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
217% Outstanding
Read 1,752
Write 1,643
Mixed 1,126
SusWrite 534
282% 1,264 MB/s
4K Read 41.8
4K Write 162
4K Mixed 58.7
224% 87.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,054
DQ Write 984
DQ Mixed 778
650% 939 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 217%
Great: 242%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53% Above average
MC Read 18
MC Write 24.2
MC Mixed 15.2
55% 19.1 GB/s
SC Read 7.7
SC Write 21.3
SC Mixed 10
37% 13 GB/s
Latency 81.3
49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 53%
Great: 92%

 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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