Alienware Area-51 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	111% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0HJ5Y7
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '21 at 16:37
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$393 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 69.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 258 78% 147 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 911 81% 687 Pts	64-Core 1,576 98% 1,576 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (98 fps cap detected)	79.9% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 98.5 Parallax 98.1 80% 98.1 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 98.5 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 3,708 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 267 297 312 338 286 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 666 Write 562 Mixed 480 SusWrite 327 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 35.4 142% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 575 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 790 504% 580 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 172%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 178 176 178 180 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 169 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 177 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 114%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 003a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.8 4.7 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	4.42% Terrible	Read 17.6 Write 6.2 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 4.8 10% 8.57 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 2 81% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.42% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 50 MC Mixed 29.7 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 10.6 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 115%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 104%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R4

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	50x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	28x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	45x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	8x
PC300 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 131%, 3,574 samples	7x
hynix SC311 SATA 128GBSKBench 65%, 20,313 samples	7x

RAM
XJ69DF-HYA 4x8GBKingstonBench 106%, 164 samples	19x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GBMicronBench 122%, 84 samples	15x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,851 samples	13x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $860

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16