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 way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	136% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 months ago, 4 months ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	19.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '23 at 12:01
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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-$1,200 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 65.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 203 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 749 67% 568 Pts	64-Core 2,443 151% 2,443 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 95%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg50pnv2t04 NVMe TOSHIBA 2048GB 1,462 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 867GB free (System drive) Firmware: AFDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 367 479 486 457 422 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1,380 Write 215 Mixed 305 SusWrite 406 125% 577 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 34.2 118% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 633 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 335 274% 402 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 259%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 124 127 121 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 95.2 Write 109 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 124 63% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XRMWRN-HYA 2x16GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 17.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 9.9 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 100%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 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	12	10	64	0"	1280 720

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 93%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	51x
Core i9-7900XIntel $400Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16