Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	147% 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '18 at 20:18
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$413 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 78.8 1-Core 152 2-Core 301 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 966 91% 753 Pts	64-Core 1,887 117% 1,887 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

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: 397.93 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 183 Parallax 191 129% 177 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 174 Splatting 120 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% 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% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 487 421 434 450 439 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,491 Write 163 Mixed 237 SusWrite 415 124% 577 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 36.1 143% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 721 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 220 213% 356 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 216%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 186 194 197 192 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 137 Write 139 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 189 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 106%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 596GB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 124 127 128 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 133 Write 118 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 125 71% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 108%
Seagate ST8000NM0205-2FF112 8TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4.5TB free Firmware: PB53 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 214 216 221 219 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 236 Write 219 Mixed 92.7 SusWrite 216 139% 191 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 0.4 243% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB 6,317 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 14.7 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 9.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 92%

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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 $269	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 $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 $40	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