Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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	236% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	56.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '20 at 06:17
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9960X-$1,579 850 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 194 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 772 68% 577 Pts	64-Core 2,123 131% 2,123 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Dell(1028 3718) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 198 Parallax 216 120% 187 fps	MRender 223 Gravity 182 Splatting 120 137% 175 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 174%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 2048GB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 257% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: EXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1347 1245 1237 1165 1064 1113 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,042 Write 1,721 Mixed 1,388 SusWrite 1,195 355% 1,587 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 57.4 182% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 787 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 351 311% 480 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 330%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XN205T-MIE 4x16GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2934 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	MC Read 46.6 MC Write 69.1 MC Mixed 46 154% 53.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 10.9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 160%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 99%

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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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16