Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). 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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '19 at 20:07
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 76.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 257 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 792 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 1,348 83% 1,348 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 3758) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 111 Parallax 106 91% 109 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 79.7 81% 102 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 Pro 256GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0810B SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 232 198 199 197 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 350 Write 336 Mixed 319 SusWrite 218 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 28.3 100% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 85.6 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 69.7 91% 157 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 662 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1GB free Firmware: 040B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 19.3 Write 95.2 Mixed 28.3 11% 47.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 1.1 7% 3.53 MB/s	DQ Read 2.2 DQ Write 3.9 DQ Mixed 1.8 2% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% Great: 18%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 166 167 167 168 166 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 152 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 166 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 132 132 132 132 133 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 95 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 131 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Game Drive Xbox 8TB 760 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 120 124 124 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 83.3 Write 94 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 120 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.5 174% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 93%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 64GB 7,850 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 55GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 1 Mixed 0.5 1% 0.75 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 18%

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	50.5% Above average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 14.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 9.4 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.5% 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 $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