Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 184%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics152% 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 Drive313% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware Area-51 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0N4R4N
Memory27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190527
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 17 '21 at 11:10
Run Duration246 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,286
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
92.9% Outstanding
Memory 79.8
1-Core 110
2-Core 293
85% 161 Pts
4-Core 567
8-Core 1,100
99% 833 Pts
64-Core 3,050
189% 3,050 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 92.9%
Great: 95%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.96
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
152% Outstanding
Lighting 207
Reflection 195
Parallax 226
169% 209 fps
MRender 236
Gravity 198
Splatting 162
158% 198 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 152%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90
877GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1927 1879 1831 1098 934 935 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
313% Outstanding
Read 2,110
Write 2,033
Mixed 1942
SusWrite 1,434
423% 1,880 MB/s
4K Read 64.3
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 83.7
276% 94.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1379
DQ Write 1,093
DQ Mixed 1,204
910% 1,225 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 313%
Great: 410%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
576GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 469 467 469 466 451 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 469
Write 446
Mixed 396
SusWrite 465
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 37
142% 57.9 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 356
268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 107%
Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
360GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 469 468 468 436 293 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 475
Write 449
Mixed 424
SusWrite 433
100% 445 MB/s
4K Read 35.3
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 46.8
174% 65.6 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 357
269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 115%
Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
855GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 210 209 210 210 208 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 203
Write 198
Mixed 82.2
SusWrite 209
126% 173 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 118%
Great: 113%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70
931GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 210 213 212 210 210 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 138
Mixed 29.1
SusWrite 208
99% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 2.1
382% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 111%
Great: 111%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston XJ69DF-HYA 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2934 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
128% Outstanding
MC Read 47.6
MC Write 67.1
MC Mixed 41.9
149% 52.2 GB/s
SC Read 8.8
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 11.8
41% 14.4 GB/s
Latency 80.8
50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 81%
This bench: 128%
Great: 137%

 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 9 7 240 24.5" 1280 720 DELA0F6 Dell AW2518H
Typical Area-51 R5 Builds (Compare 212 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine

System: Alienware Area-51 R5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $734
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