Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 112%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 144%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics117% 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 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.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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
Memory60.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180801
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 19 '19 at 22:04
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,511
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
93.5% Outstanding
Memory 86.8
1-Core 149
2-Core 299
97% 178 Pts
4-Core 536
8-Core 1,101
96% 819 Pts
64-Core 3,072
190% 3,072 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 93.5%
Great: 95%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 3482) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Lighting 169
Reflection 138
Parallax 115
138% 141 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 121
Splatting 101
89% 110 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 117%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg50pnv2t04 NVMe TOSHIBA 2048GB
2TB free
Firmware: AFDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 928 928 920 935 938 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 1,025
Write 4.7
Mixed 9.7
SusWrite 865
104% 476 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 9.8
73% 17.7 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 115%
Great: 259%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
878GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 147 144 171 177 166 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 181
Mixed 80.1
SusWrite 156
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 101%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston XRMWRN-HYA 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2934 MHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
138% Outstanding
MC Read 48.9
MC Write 72.6
MC Mixed 48
161% 56.5 GB/s
SC Read 8.8
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 12.1
41% 14.5 GB/s
Latency 70.7
57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 84%
This bench: 138%
Great: 143%

 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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