Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics90% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0N4R4N
Memory10.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190527
Uptime16.2 Days
Run DateDec 07 '19 at 02:33
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 34%
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 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
73.5% Very good
Memory 73.2
1-Core 118
2-Core 213
75% 135 Pts
4-Core 397
8-Core 674
65% 536 Pts
64-Core 926
57% 926 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90% Outstanding
Lighting 110
Reflection 75.1
Parallax 74.5
90% 86.5 fps
MRender 147
Gravity 108
Splatting 89.4
91% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 90%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
1GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,403
Write 45.3
Mixed 71.2
106% 507 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 31.9
4K Mixed 31.9
96% 29.6 MB/s
DQ Read 428
DQ Write 34.1
DQ Mixed 61.9
88% 174 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 193%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OAC70
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 174 175 177 170 174 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
99.9% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 174
Mixed 47.8
SusWrite 174
103% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 99.9%
Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45
863GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8R0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 182 184 179 182 181 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 164
Mixed 21.7
SusWrite 182
100% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 106%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
49.3% Average
MC Read 14.4
MC Write 24.4
MC Mixed 14.7
51% 17.8 GB/s
SC Read 7.6
SC Write 20.3
SC Mixed 9.8
36% 12.6 GB/s
Latency 94.3
42% 94.3 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 49.3%
Great: 164%

 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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