Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 146%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 182%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics153% 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 Drive301% 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.
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
Memory47.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190222
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 13 '19 at 19:50
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9980XE-$1,067
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
94.3% Outstanding
Memory 83.6
1-Core 148
2-Core 298
95% 177 Pts
4-Core 562
8-Core 1,046
96% 804 Pts
64-Core 2,943
182% 2,943 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 94.3%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Dell(1028 3718) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17
Performing below potential (41st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
153% Outstanding
Lighting 209
Reflection 220
Parallax 230
170% 219 fps
MRender 259
Gravity 210
Splatting 141
160% 203 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 153%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Ssdpe21d960gad NVME INTEL 960GB
715GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E201D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1065 1060 1041 1025 1048 971 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
301% Outstanding
Read 1,714
Write 1,075
Mixed 1,340
SusWrite 1,035
289% 1,291 MB/s
4K Read 127
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 112
396% 118 MB/s
DQ Read 962
DQ Write 1,174
DQ Mixed 1,034
789% 1,057 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 301%
Great: 400%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320
954GB free
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1094 1086 1069 1052 1074 993 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
262% Outstanding
Read 2,032
Write 1,039
Mixed 1,030
SusWrite 1,061
287% 1,291 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 53.3
192% 70.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,089
DQ Write 1,478
DQ Mixed 1,224
941% 1,264 MB/s
Poor: 215%
This bench: 262%
Great: 425%
WD WD4002FFWX-68TZ4N0 4TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 137 146 157 169 169 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
72% Very good
Read 100
Write 131
Mixed 57.8
SusWrite 151
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 72%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston XN205T-MIE 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
145% Outstanding
MC Read 52.5
MC Write 76.3
MC Mixed 50.2
170% 59.7 GB/s
SC Read 9.3
SC Write 22.4
SC Mixed 11.8
41% 14.5 GB/s
Latency 74.2
54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 92%
This bench: 145%
Great: 160%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop
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Workstation
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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

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