Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.3% 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	152% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 18:45
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 76.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 224 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 959 87% 731 Pts	64-Core 1,401 87% 1,401 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 92%

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: 397.93 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 140 Parallax 134 102% 133 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 126 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,723 Write 434 Mixed 854 218% 1,004 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 34.4 136% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 90.6 134% 252 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 216%
Intel 530 Series 480GB-$322 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 206GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -94910187284387 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1956 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1336 (B7) Unknown 100 100 17 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 26 54 77312950298 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1336 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 201956 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 69 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 201956 (F2) Unknown 100 100 506485 (F9) Unknown 100 100 33899	61% Good	Read 469 Write 266 Mixed 270 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 18.3 66% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 83.2 DQ Mixed 52.2 59% 102 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 68%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 76 Write 64 Mixed 66.7 52% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 3.72 4K Mixed 0.29 115% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 185 185 25782714581 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 342 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 960 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 960 (C2) HDA temperature 229 229 163210264600 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 162 (F1) Unknown 100 100 241221910 (F2) Unknown 100 100 46562609	106% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 193 Mixed 182 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.2 100% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 61GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 243 165 2850 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 27478 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 46875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3350 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 52 52 444013 (C2) HDA temperature 126 102 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.8% Average	Read 82.7 Write 87.3 Mixed 91 66% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB 6,317 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 15 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 9.5 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 92%

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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 $420Bench 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 $394Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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