Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	30.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 17:23
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 728 71% 585 Pts	64-Core 899 56% 899 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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: 388.13 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.1% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 71.8 63% 76.2 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 71 Splatting 64.6 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 62 62 58 59 60 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 446 Write 128 Mixed 136 SusWrite 62.7 42% 193 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 19.6 79% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 59.1 88% 174 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 178 181 182 182 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 158 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 181 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 20GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 64 62 61 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 69 Write 67 Mixed 49 SusWrite 62.9 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 69%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 99 101 103 102 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 91.4 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 102 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 41.9 122% 42.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 22.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	801x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	248x
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	172x
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	131x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	129x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	129x

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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 $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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