Alienware Area-51 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.5% 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	140% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0HJ5Y7
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '21 at 16:55
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$349 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 69.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 81% 152 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 893 82% 689 Pts	64-Core 1,596 99% 1,596 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (120 fps cap detected)	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 120 Parallax 120 98% 120 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 120 Splatting 112 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 3,708 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 737 743 539 310 305 264 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 888 Write 668 Mixed 617 SusWrite 483 148% 664 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 37.6 143% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 678 DQ Write 716 DQ Mixed 800 573% 731 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 172%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 174 179 177 177 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 159 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 177 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 003a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 5.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 4.8 9% 8.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.9 104% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 49.4 MC Mixed 30.1 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 9.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 115%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 104%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R4

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	50x
Core i7-7800XIntel $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	28x
Core i9-7900XIntel $349Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	45x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	8x
PC300 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 131%, 3,574 samples	7x
hynix SC311 SATA 128GBSKBench 65%, 20,313 samples	7x

RAM
XJ69DF-HYA 4x8GBKingstonBench 106%, 164 samples	19x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GBMicronBench 122%, 84 samples	15x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,851 samples	13x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $860

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16