Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 18:04
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 107 2-Core 179 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 668 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 837 52% 837 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 80 Parallax 71.6 62% 76 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 63.7 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 312 375 229 378 321 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 471 Write 418 Mixed 299 SusWrite 329 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 30.5 103% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 196 169% 249 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 111%
Transcend SSD720 512GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 132GB free Firmware: 5.0.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 157 180 178 181 196 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 402 Write 149 Mixed 210 SusWrite 178 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 17.5 4K Mixed 21.6 71% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 97.9 DQ Mixed 140 110% 157 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 65%
Transcend SSD370 1TB-$407 250 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 133GB free Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 324 381 397 383 380 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 484 Write 422 Mixed 306 SusWrite 372 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 30.9 111% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 196 170% 250 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 103%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 543GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 150 155 156 156 155 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 148 Write 144 Mixed 31 SusWrite 155 86% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 35 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 102%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	807x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	198x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	173x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	134x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

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 $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