Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	62.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '17 at 02:03
Run Duration	99 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 833 77% 646 Pts	64-Core 1,197 74% 1,197 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 68% Great: 83%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 781GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 57 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3806 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (94) Unknown 100 100 4781 (95) Unknown 100 100 168 (96) Unknown 100 100 1 (97) Unknown 100 100 116 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 10 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 127725 (F2) Unknown 100 100 106426 (F5) Unknown 100 100 243584	62.8% Good	Read 503 Write 338 Mixed 353 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 7.46 50% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 64.5 77% 137 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 4x8GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 46.6 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 39.9 122% 42.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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