Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '20 at 00:39
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9800X-$545 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 83% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 226 74% 135 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 794 74% 617 Pts	64-Core 1,384 86% 1,384 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 1E04) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 131 Parallax 126 95% 125 fps	MRender 153 Gravity 119 Splatting 82.9 93% 118 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 240 215 184 199 181 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 873 Write 215 Mixed 274 SusWrite 205 86% 392 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 38 165% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 468 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 113 140% 256 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 167%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 176GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 430 426 427 426 307 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 432 Mixed 414 SusWrite 409 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 48.8 166% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GB 1,376 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.3% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 15 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 8.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 91%

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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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Workstation 93%

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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