Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 80.5%, 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	217% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '21 at 14:30
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 72.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 274 85% 160 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 817 78% 645 Pts	64-Core 1,404 87% 1,404 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3729) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 163 Parallax 160 134% 162 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 141 Splatting 116 114% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 6,475 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1084 715 716 715 721 713 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,429 Write 1,601 Mixed 624 SusWrite 778 248% 1,108 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 57.8 210% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1167 DQ Write 980 DQ Mixed 781 665% 976 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 223%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 193 193 191 194 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 186 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 184 102% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 13.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 10.7 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 21: 1R 4G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
21%	8%	110	318	237	60	27"	1920 1080	ACR0740 XV270 P

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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