Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics121% 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 Drive138% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0N4R4N
Memory20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180801
Uptime4.8 Days
Run DateNov 30 '18 at 00:41
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing below expectations (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
79% Very good
Memory 74.4
1-Core 127
2-Core 249
82% 150 Pts
4-Core 448
8-Core 748
73% 598 Pts
64-Core 1,015
63% 1,015 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 79%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.1
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 167
Reflection 180
Parallax 184
136% 177 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 165
Splatting 116
107% 132 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 294 344 329 306 310 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
138% Outstanding
Read 978
Write 515
Mixed 554
SusWrite 330
132% 594 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 46.8
170% 66 MB/s
DQ Read 767
DQ Write 439
DQ Mixed 272
291% 493 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 138%
Great: 216%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB
2TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 183 196 202 199 200 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 136%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.8% Very good
MC Read 19.6
MC Write 45.2
MC Mixed 22.6
83% 29.1 GB/s
SC Read 6.9
SC Write 21.7
SC Mixed 9
36% 12.5 GB/s
Latency 91.6
44% 91.6 ns
Poor: 75%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 117%

 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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