Alienware Area-51 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	124% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0HJ5Y7
Memory	59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '21 at 10:22
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (60^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-$393 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 69.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 255 82% 153 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 942 86% 723 Pts	64-Core 1,666 103% 1,666 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 92%

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: 457.51 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 184 Parallax 192 135% 180 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 174 Splatting 121 114% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
A400 NVMe SanDisk 512GB 629 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: A3590012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 330 275 328 350 308 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 788 Write 502 Mixed 322 SusWrite 321 107% 484 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 41.4 157% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 614 DQ Write 500 DQ Mixed 488 384% 534 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 150%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 173 170 174 175 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 113 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 173 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%
Generic Flash-Disk 8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 8GB free, PID 1111 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	4.4% Terrible	Read 11.7 Write 4.2 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 4.4 8% 6.45 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 29% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 4.4% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43CB1-CTD 4x16GB 889 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 55.5 MC Mixed 34.4 116% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 10 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 129%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	5	60	24"	1280 720	BNQ78CE BenQ GL2460

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Gaming 103%

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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 $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	28x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 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 $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) $31	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