Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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.
Processor	With 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	320% 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	32GB 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 Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '22 at 22:59
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9980XE-$1,097 2,201 User benchmarks, average bench 83% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 76.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 249 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 973 84% 718 Pts	64-Core 2,309 143% 2,309 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% HP(103C 90FA) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 30.0.13026.3 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	14% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 21.3 13% 21.4 fps	MRender 26.2 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 20 17% 20.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssdpe21d960gad NVME INTEL 960GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 324% 755GB free (System drive) Firmware: E201D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1684 1722 1675 1600 1603 1603 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 1,920 Write 1,669 Mixed 1,783 SusWrite 1,648 395% 1,755 MB/s	4K Read 122 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 113 386% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 576 DQ Write 443 DQ Mixed 496 375% 505 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 400%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 162GB free Firmware: E2010480 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1497 1499 1509 1527 1498 1521 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	345% Outstanding	Read 1,989 Write 1,640 Mixed 1,791 SusWrite 1,508 390% 1,732 MB/s	4K Read 157 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 136 482% 141 MB/s	DQ Read 611 DQ Write 503 DQ Mixed 553 415% 556 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 345% Great: 559%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 319GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 369 368 365 364 365 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 451 Mixed 434 SusWrite 366 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 44.5 148% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 129%
Samsung MZNLN256HAJQ-000H7 256GB 320 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 117GB free Firmware: MVT23H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 279 261 310 301 291 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 450 Mixed 402 SusWrite 306 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 44.1 146% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 355 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 113%
Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB 5,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 800GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 75 80 82 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 39.1 Write 62 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 75.3 43% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 149% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XN205T-MIE 2x16GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.1% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 19.1 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 9.8 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 86.6 46% 86.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 112%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	51x
Core i9-7900XIntel $413Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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