Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 158% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	207% 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.

Run History

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '19 at 09:52
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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-$1,149 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 87.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 296 96% 178 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 1086 97% 820 Pts	64-Core 2,966 184% 2,966 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 95%

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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2812 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 192 Parallax 190 151% 189 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 173 Splatting 118 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$37 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1020 632 456 436 435 444 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,664 Write 1,086 Mixed 1,209 SusWrite 571 252% 1,132 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 55.1 193% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 1,132 DQ Write 917 DQ Mixed 746 635% 932 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 216%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 529GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 433 435 429 428 435 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 440 Mixed 405 SusWrite 424 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 50.2 177% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 355 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 433 435 428 428 345 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 440 Mixed 426 SusWrite 409 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46.2 166% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 823GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 209 210 209 209 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 188 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 209 126% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 113%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 409GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 170 170 167 170 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 138 Write 117 Mixed 29 SusWrite 169 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XJ69DF-HYA 4x8GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2934 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 46.2 MC Write 62.6 MC Mixed 39 141% 49.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 11.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 137%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	51x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	34x
Core i7-9800XIntel $545Bench 83%, 4,003 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	63x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	42x
RTX 2080Nvidia $389Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	32x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	21x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $37Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $734

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16