Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	60.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '19 at 23:11
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 74.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 805 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 1,056 65% 1,056 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%

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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 191 Parallax 187 146% 186 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 176 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 149 155 151 136 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 438 Write 161 Mixed 172 SusWrite 149 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 24 114% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 91.5 DQ Mixed 18.4 62% 141 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 122%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 2TB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1127 1130 1114 1104 1083 1034 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,369 Write 1,106 Mixed 923 SusWrite 1,099 252% 1,124 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 77.8 274% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 970 DQ Write 835 DQ Mixed 11 252% 605 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 282%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7.5TB free Firmware: AR17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 131 131 136 142 141 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Drobo 5C 70.5TB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 43TB free, PID 3443 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 178 214 213 212 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 165 Write 214 Mixed 145 SusWrite 206 255% 183 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.3 261% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10h 4 64GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 47.3 MC Mixed 26.2 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 9.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 91.3 44% 91.3 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 133%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	51x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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