Alienware Area-51 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	224% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XF4NJ
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 13:05
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen TR 1950X-$225 23,641 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 58 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 69% 129 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 868 77% 655 Pts	64-Core 2,320 144% 2,320 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 186 Parallax 194 139% 184 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 173 Splatting 122 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 571GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,272 Write 1,350 Mixed 1,345 365% 1,656 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 29.3 158% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 50.2 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 28 44% 79.3 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 294%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21493580072 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (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 17 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 190 (C2) HDA temperature 148 148 167504969765 (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 4 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3166326 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18842451	118% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 197 Mixed 179 148% 197 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.21 114% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 2x16GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 29.2 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 19.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 91%

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Gaming 99%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 119%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R3

CPU
Ryzen TR 1950XAMD $225Bench 77%, 23,641 samples	19x
Ryzen TR 1900XAMD $110Bench 76%, 7,071 samples	6x
Ryzen TR 1920XAMD $800Bench 78%, 10,440 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	6x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 225%, 6,967 samples	5x
670p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBIntel $550Bench 327%, 3,198 samples	2x

RAM
16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GBMicronBench 122%, 84 samples	9x
HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 2x16GBHynixBench 84%, 1,261 samples	3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	2x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $756

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