Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	155% 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, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	49.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '21 at 09:10
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,511 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 70 1-Core 132 2-Core 248 81% 150 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 895 79% 669 Pts	64-Core 2,518 156% 2,518 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 95%

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: 471.68 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 318 Reflection 172 Parallax 178 259% 222 fps	Gravity 147 Splatting 125 119% 136 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 358 321 417 388 394 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,516 Write 594 Mixed 452 SusWrite 383 161% 736 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.7 153% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 632 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 338 305% 468 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 216%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 207 201 195 210 212 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 125 Write 151 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 196 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KTP9W1-MIE 4x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 58.6 MC Mixed 39.7 131% 46 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 9.9 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 101 39% 101 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 156%

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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