Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	304% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '19 at 19:03
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9800X-$545 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 83% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 88.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 1,025 95% 793 Pts	64-Core 1547 96% 1547 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3729) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.86 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 165 Parallax 161 139% 165 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 148 Splatting 107 116% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 864GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1579 1776 1749 1630 1631 1643 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,129 Write 2059 Mixed 1,330 SusWrite 1,668 404% 1,796 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63.7 214% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 1,233 DQ Write 1,060 DQ Mixed 347 478% 880 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 425%
Toshiba HDWF180 8TB 2,355 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 5.5TB free Firmware: GX0B SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 229 225 218 229 228 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 209 Mixed 95.4 SusWrite 224 136% 186 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.9 307% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 16GB-$19 1,806 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 3GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 23 22 23 22 23 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 122 Write 0.5 Mixed 8.6 SusWrite 22.4 33% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 95% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 27%
WD Elements 25A3 8TB 5,644 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 155 172 165 154 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 154 Write 167 Mixed 102 SusWrite 160 198% 146 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XN205T-MIE 1x16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.5% Average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 11.2 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 11.5 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 61%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	51x
Core i9-7900XIntel $413Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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