| PC Status | Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good. |
| Boot Drive | 210% 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 | 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. |
Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
| System | Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds) |
| Motherboard | Alienware 0XJKKD |
| Memory | 9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz |
| Display | 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| BIOS Date | 20160608 |
| Uptime | 0 Days |
| Run Date | Sep 22 '17 at 01:29 |
| Run Duration | 129 Seconds |
| Run User | USA-User |
| Background CPU | 38% |
PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)
Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).
| Processor | Bench | Normal | Heavy | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
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79.3%
Very good
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76% 130 Pts
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60% 492 Pts
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43% 688 Pts
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| Graphics Card | Bench | 3D DX9 | 3D DX10 | 3D DX11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Nvidia GTX 970-$200
Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76
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| Drives | Bench | Sequential | Random 4k | Deep queue 4k |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
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210%
Outstanding
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320% 1,454 MB/s
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178% 68.4 MB/s
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149% 258 MB/s
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Samsung PM85 256GB
34GB free
Firmware: 8D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
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31.4%
Below average
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69% 313 MB/s
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1% 0.28 MB/s
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78.6%
Very good
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96% 128 MB/s
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12% 0.09 MB/s
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| Memory Kit | Bench | Multi core | Single core | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz
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97%
Outstanding
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107% 37.3 GB/s
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50% 17.6 GB/s
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60% 66.8 ns
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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
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| 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 |
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|---|---|
| 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 |
| EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER | Value: 69% - Good | Total price: $530 |