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 below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	173% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	31.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '22 at 23:54
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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-$1,286 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 73.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 246 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 938 87% 727 Pts	64-Core 2,629 163% 2,629 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 95%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 2048GB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 257% 742GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 707 781 809 760 750 724 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,891 Write 1,153 Mixed 1,132 SusWrite 755 274% 1,233 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 30.3 112% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 643 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 217 202% 327 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 330%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 314GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 341 338 362 332 331 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 473 Write 378 Mixed 397 SusWrite 339 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 26.4 4K Mixed 29.3 102% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 170 142% 215 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 171GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 339 359 334 329 325 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 455 Write 368 Mixed 354 SusWrite 334 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 26.7 100% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 57.4 DQ Mixed 112 109% 183 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 134%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 147 148 140 147 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 158 Write 144 Mixed 46 SusWrite 145 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 265% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 142 142 140 132 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 57 59 57 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 46.7 Write 60 Mixed 51 SusWrite 59.4 40% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.3 185% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 65%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 94 99 98 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 83.3 Write 36.6 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 96 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 190% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 65%
WD easystore 25FB 10TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 668GB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 153 144 145 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 122 Write 134 Mixed 94.9 SusWrite 147 171% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.3 211% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 99%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 80 75 74 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 80 Write 75.9 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 75.2 99% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 47% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 63%

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 below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 50.5 MC Mixed 32.8 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 10.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 93.8 43% 93.8 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 156%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	51x
Core i9-7900XIntel $413Bench 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 $407Bench 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 $269	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 $177	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