Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 147%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics148% 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 Drive202% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0N4R4N
Memory25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180801
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateMay 22 '19 at 15:56
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
97.7% Outstanding
Memory 83.8
1-Core 153
2-Core 306
97% 181 Pts
4-Core 598
8-Core 1,066
100% 832 Pts
64-Core 1,651
102% 1,651 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 97.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Dell(1028 3718) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
148% Outstanding
Lighting 199
Reflection 177
Parallax 232
162% 203 fps
MRender 262
Gravity 199
Splatting 139
157% 200 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 148%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
436GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1065 617 551 1068 538 435 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
202% Outstanding
Read 1,499
Write 1091
Mixed 1216
SusWrite 712
253% 1,129 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 47.7
183% 71.3 MB/s
DQ Read 974
DQ Write 962
DQ Mixed 745
621% 893 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 202%
Great: 216%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 216 212 217 218 218 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston XRMWRN-MIE 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2934 MHz
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.6% Good
MC Read 22.6
MC Write 33.8
MC Mixed 20.1
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 10.5
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 11.7
43% 14.9 GB/s
Latency 73.8
54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R5 Builds (Compare 212 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine

System: Alienware Area-51 R5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $734
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