Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 130%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 164%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics145% 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 Drive250% 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.
Memory64GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0N4R4N
Memory57.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190527
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 16 '19 at 05:31
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 19%
Watch Gameplay: 2080-Ti + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9980XE-$1,097
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
88.4% Excellent
Memory 74.9
1-Core 141
2-Core 285
89% 167 Pts
4-Core 545
8-Core 998
92% 772 Pts
64-Core 2,812
174% 2,812 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 88.4%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Dell(1028 3718) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.20
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
145% Outstanding
Lighting 212
Reflection 162
Parallax 178
173% 184 fps
MRender 207
Gravity 159
Splatting 108
124% 158 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 145%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg50pnv2t04 NVMe TOSHIBA 2048GB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: AFDA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1573 1505 1308 1243 1179 1256 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
250% Outstanding
Read 1,813
Write 1,779
Mixed 1,282
SusWrite 1,344
349% 1,555 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 50.5
184% 70.9 MB/s
DQ Read 833
DQ Write 920
DQ Mixed 775
611% 843 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 250%
Great: 259%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 207 205 202 203 200 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston XN205T-MIE 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
123% Outstanding
MC Read 43.6
MC Write 65.7
MC Mixed 41.9
144% 50.4 GB/s
SC Read 6.7
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 9.2
36% 12.5 GB/s
Latency 90.6
44% 90.6 ns
Poor: 92%
This bench: 123%
Great: 160%

 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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