Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	136% 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	54.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '19 at 07:24
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 71.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 80% 148 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 823 79% 652 Pts	64-Core 1,993 123% 1,993 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80.6% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 180 Parallax 185 140% 179 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 166 Splatting 117 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% 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% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 123 117 121 182 221 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1267 Write 154 Mixed 245 SusWrite 145 97% 453 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 47.4 188% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 689 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 153 180% 329 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 216%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 136GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 446 404 406 440 398 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 460 Mixed 303 SusWrite 424 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 34.9 109% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 263 213% 302 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 121%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 178 171 177 173 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 114 Write 50.5 Mixed 50 SusWrite 174 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 273% 2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 988GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 93 Write 100 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 102 70% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 67%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 147 143 145 146 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 160 Write 131 Mixed 94.8 SusWrite 144 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XRMWRN-HYA 4x16GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 49 MC Mixed 31 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 9.2 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 98.4 41% 98.4 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 143%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 93%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	51x
Core i9-7900XIntel $413Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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