Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 154% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 157% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	165% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '20 at 01:31
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 81.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 996 94% 781 Pts	64-Core 1,508 93% 1,508 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Nvidia(10DE 147D) ≥ 4GB; NVidia Founders Edition CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	165% Outstanding	Lighting 221 Reflection 268 Parallax 289 180% 260 fps	MRender 326 Gravity 243 Splatting 139 182% 236 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KXG60ZNV512G NVM 512GB 1,447 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1679 792 796 794 797 797 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1811 Write 1,904 Mixed 1,356 SusWrite 942 338% 1,503 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58.9 200% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,069 DQ Write 903 DQ Mixed 955 724% 976 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 110GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 468 468 469 467 386 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 449 Mixed 433 SusWrite 455 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 48.1 157% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 469 469 469 467 465 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 451 Mixed 391 SusWrite 468 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 49.7 170% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 358 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 198 198 199 199 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 196 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 198 123% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10h 4 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 51.2 MC Mixed 32.7 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 11.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	51x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 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 $396Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16