Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	123% 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	172% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	54.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 08:50
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 235 76% 140 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 818 73% 615 Pts	64-Core 1,719 106% 1,719 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 95%

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: 431.70 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 184 Parallax 168 139% 174 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 166 Splatting 120 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 393 384 378 367 370 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,695 Write 377 Mixed 416 SusWrite 376 156% 716 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 49.5 192% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 655 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 348 304% 461 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 216%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 665GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 450 445 447 446 445 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 446 Mixed 348 SusWrite 448 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 33.6 117% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 276 226% 323 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 121%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 129 131 133 131 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 130 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 105 102 106 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60% Good	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 105 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 67%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 151 153 154 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 140 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 152 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XRMWRN-HYA 4x16GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 46 MC Mixed 27.6 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 8.6 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 97.7 41% 97.7 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 143%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $462Bench 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 $133	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