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 (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	135% 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	21.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '24 at 13:05
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$349 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 232 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 853 77% 647 Pts	64-Core 1,536 95% 1,536 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-Ti 16,406 User benchmarks, average bench 232% Asus(1043 8875) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 546.33 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 328 Reflection 300 Parallax 332 268% 320 fps	Gravity 290 Splatting 199 210% 244 fps
Poor: 205% Great: 247%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$37 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 90 147 224 274 303 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 2,006 Write 31.6 Mixed 45 SusWrite 183 119% 566 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 23.7 4K Mixed 29.5 93% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 624 DQ Write 26.4 DQ Mixed 50.4 106% 234 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 216%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$238 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 254GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,820 Write 5,589 Mixed 4,908 1,144% 5,105 MB/s	4K Read 484 4K Write 325 4K Mixed 382 1,395% 397 MB/s	DQ Read 1,090 DQ Write 846 DQ Mixed 926 704% 954 MB/s
Poor: 89% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$47 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 617GB free Firmware: 1002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 115 116 112 115 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 149 Write 178 Mixed 79.6 SusWrite 116 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 235% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KY7N41-MIE 4x8GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 48.4 MC Mixed 25.8 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 10 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 94.7 42% 94.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 94%

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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	67	58	100	34.1"	1280 720	ACR0450 Acer X34

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	51x
Core i9-7900XIntel $349Bench 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	43x
RTX 2080Nvidia $270Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	32x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	21x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $37Bench 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: $724

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16