Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 165% UFO


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 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	173% 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	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 15:45
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i9-7980XE-$1,200 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 84.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 1,077 96% 814 Pts	64-Core 3,069 190% 3,069 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 168 Parallax 182 166% 184 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 160 Splatting 115 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 440 434 480 438 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,719 Write 946 Mixed 879 SusWrite 446 221% 997 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.9 157% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 846 DQ Write 455 DQ Mixed 339 335% 547 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 216%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 531GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 444 445 439 438 448 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 447 Mixed 410 SusWrite 447 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.8 192% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 252GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 443 445 439 429 292 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 446 Mixed 408 SusWrite 419 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 48.2 162% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 753GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 203 201 203 205 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 186 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 203 121% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 209 211 212 210 210 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 81.3 Write 133 Mixed 29 SusWrite 210 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.8% 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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 47.3 MC Write 62.7 MC Mixed 40.9 144% 50.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 11 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 124% 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 $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: 66% - Good

Total price: $734

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16