Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	128% 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	243% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	56.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 02:45
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 239 77% 142 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 767 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 1,002 62% 1,002 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 192 Parallax 188 146% 186 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 177 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1728 780 605 605 604 604 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,092 Write 1,789 Mixed 1,396 SusWrite 821 341% 1,524 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 65.8 224% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 958 DQ Write 838 DQ Mixed 901 675% 899 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 296%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 202 201 201 195 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 186 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 200 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 183 178 187 174 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 179 Write 193 Mixed 126 SusWrite 181 231% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6E1 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6E1 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 46.6 MC Mixed 26.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 9.3 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 93.8 43% 93.8 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 81%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	51x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	34x
Core i7-9800XIntel $545Bench 83%, 4,003 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	63x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	42x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	32x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	21x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	14x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	11x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,851 samples	12x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	10x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 78%, 6,317 samples	8x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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