Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 160% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 150% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	205% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	384% 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.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '22 at 04:39
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 79.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 237 79% 144 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 757 72% 596 Pts	64-Core 963 60% 963 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$630 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% Nvidia(10DE 1535) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	205% Outstanding	Lighting 298 Reflection 282 Parallax 328 243% 303 fps	MRender 346 Gravity 255 Splatting 186 206% 262 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 30 36 39 41 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	384% Outstanding	Read 4,469 Write 42.3 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 36.5 241% 1,158 MB/s	4K Read 502 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 4.6 768% 170 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 384% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 151 165 165 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 158 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 160 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 17.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 11.4 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 97%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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