Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	209% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

17 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '22 at 21:47
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i9-7920X-$250 5,430 User benchmarks, average bench 82% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 71.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 84% 157 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 986 90% 752 Pts	64-Core 1,974 122% 1,974 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 89.9 Reflection 116 Parallax 106 73% 104 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 97.9 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDC WDS200T2B0C- 2TB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 21705000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1629 1442 745 503 131 146 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,675 Write 1,610 Mixed 1,484 SusWrite 766 311% 1,384 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 52.5 202% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 829 DQ Write 702 DQ Mixed 743 563% 758 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 262%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 68GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 319 386 410 404 368 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 451 Mixed 374 SusWrite 365 91% 402 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 37.7 131% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 341 254% 337 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 171 167 169 170 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 129 Write 158 Mixed 108 SusWrite 170 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 143% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 73GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 100 100 101 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 109 Write 80.5 Mixed 70.9 SusWrite 101 67% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 47GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 96 100 106 101 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 77.7 Write 98.3 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 100 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.5 177% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 4x8GB 463 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 47.3 MC Mixed 29 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 9.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 97.7 41% 97.7 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 104%

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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 $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