Alienware Area-51 R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	248% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0HJ5Y7
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 22:03
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$420 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 80.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 262 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 999 85% 731 Pts	64-Core 1,908 118% 1,908 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.25 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 787GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1129 1202 1197 1205 1203 1202 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,879 Write 1,508 Mixed 899 SusWrite 1,190 306% 1,369 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 58.4 189% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 1,096 DQ Write 768 DQ Mixed 883 673% 916 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 294%
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 362GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 425 449 447 447 447 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 351 Write 433 Mixed 317 SusWrite 438 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 34.2 138% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 324 242% 322 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 108%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 135 135 136 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 135 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 98%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 6TB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 155 155 155 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 146 Write 143 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 155 177% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 116% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XJ69DF-HYA 4x8GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2934 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 57.2 MC Mixed 32.1 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 10.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 137%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R4

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	50x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	28x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	45x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	8x
PC300 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 131%, 3,574 samples	7x
hynix SC311 SATA 128GBSKBench 65%, 20,313 samples	7x

RAM
XJ69DF-HYA 4x8GBKingstonBench 106%, 164 samples	19x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GBMicronBench 122%, 84 samples	15x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,851 samples	13x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $860

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 $40	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