Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	129% 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	98.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (86%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	19.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180801
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '19 at 19:14
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	86%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 72.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 178 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 601 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Dell(1028 3718) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	129% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 168 Parallax 196 140% 179 fps	MRender 222 Gravity 175 Splatting 107 131% 168 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 36 64 79 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 1,280 Write 27.3 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 61.9 74% 356 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 22.2 4K Mixed 26.4 89% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 689 DQ Write 24.8 DQ Mixed 47.9 112% 254 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 216%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 190 196 196 195 203 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 133 Write 165 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 196 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 106%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 64GB 812 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 58GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 19 19 19 18 18 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 158 Write 30.7 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 19 54% 57 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KY7N41-MIE 4x8GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 44.5 MC Mixed 21.4 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 8.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 95.9 42% 95.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 94%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 93%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	51x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 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 $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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16