Alienware Area-51 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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 Drive	180% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '18 at 06:10
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$206 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 76.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 815 77% 640 Pts	64-Core 1,049 65% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 175 Parallax 162 121% 162 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 170 Splatting 114 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,984 Write 739 Mixed 1,089 278% 1,271 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 42.1 132% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 85.1 123% 231 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 167%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 187 187 25782386902 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 99 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 361 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 361 (C2) HDA temperature 189 189 167505035293 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 52 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6753982 (F2) Unknown 100 100 44274607	110% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 193 Mixed 179 141% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.23 115% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 32GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 16384 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.9% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 15 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 10 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 88%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R5

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	53x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	34x
Core i7-9800XIntel $545Bench 83%, 4,003 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	64x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $365Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	44x
RTX 2080Nvidia $270Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	32x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	21x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $33Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	14x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	12x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,851 samples	13x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	10x
HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 4x16GBHynixBench 101%, 237 samples	9x

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