Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 156% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	265% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	53.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '19 at 18:19
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9960X-$1,579 850 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 79.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 1,079 97% 818 Pts	64-Core 2,796 173% 2,796 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Dell(1028 3718) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	134% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 183 Parallax 204 143% 188 fps	MRender 237 Gravity 184 Splatting 119 140% 180 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 174%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 2048GB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 257% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: EXB72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1719 1728 1746 1733 1432 1176 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,060 Write 1,649 Mixed 1366 SusWrite 1,589 374% 1666 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 68.1 212% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 403 DQ Write 424 DQ Mixed 625 412% 484 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 330%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XN205T-MIE 4x16GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	123% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 64 MC Mixed 42.7 144% 50.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 10.1 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 160%

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

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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 $455Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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