Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
ProcessorWith 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics93.2% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0N4R4N
Memory9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190527
Uptime6.1 Days
Run DateSep 09 '19 at 01:07
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9800X-$545
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
88% Excellent
Memory 79.1
1-Core 146
2-Core 290
92% 172 Pts
4-Core 520
8-Core 859
84% 689 Pts
64-Core 1,509
93% 1,509 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 88%
Great: 96%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Dell(1028 3471) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
93.2% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 131
Parallax 111
99% 121 fps
MRender 88.9
Gravity 113
Splatting 96.3
81% 99.5 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 101%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 23 60 95 123 82 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
39% Below average
Read 62.2
Write 112
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 73.6
55% 75.3 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 39%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.1% Above average
MC Read 17
MC Write 23.9
MC Mixed 15.3
54% 18.7 GB/s
SC Read 7.7
SC Write 22.4
SC Mixed 9.3
38% 13.1 GB/s
Latency 82.3
49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 52.1%
Great: 92%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R5 Builds (Compare 212 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine

System: Alienware Area-51 R5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $734
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