Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	47.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	126% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 05:24
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7900X 146 User benchmarks, average bench 88% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 80.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 274 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 1,161 104% 876 Pts	64-Core 1,845 114% 1,845 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.9% Average	Lighting 59.1 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 60.9 48% 61.4 fps	MRender 69.5 Gravity 57.8 Splatting 50.5 48% 59.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
A400 NVMe SanDisk 256GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: A3550012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 210 200 203 212 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 907 Write 414 Mixed 296 SusWrite 208 100% 456 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 46.8 164% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 360 333% 516 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 145%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 6,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.8% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 16.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 10 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 90%

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

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	51x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 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 $300	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