Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	220% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 18:06
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9920X-$587 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 71.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 82% 152 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 914 87% 720 Pts	64-Core 1,794 111% 1,794 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 96%

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: 436.30 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 212 Parallax 225 136% 201 fps	MRender 239 Gravity 192 Splatting 127 146% 186 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 6,475 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1071 699 702 686 701 703 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,408 Write 1,564 Mixed 1,385 SusWrite 760 288% 1,279 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 68.9 239% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,147 DQ Write 809 DQ Mixed 945 715% 967 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 223%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 26GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 101 97 110 113 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 145 Write 138 Mixed 152 SusWrite 108 31% 136 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 28.6 120% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 141 110% 152 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 167 186 191 197 194 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GB 1,376 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 14.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 8.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 98.7 40% 98.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 91%

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

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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