Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 20:46
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$150 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 700 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 949 59% 949 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1617 MHz, MLim: 1781 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 14 Parallax 121 92% 82.6 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 108 Splatting 95.8 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM85 128GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 24 29 25 28 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 384 Write 36 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 26.3 26% 124 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 19.2 78% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 36.2 DQ Mixed 35.8 52% 102 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 72%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 186 146 185 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 184 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 180 101% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB 1,582 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 35.4 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 101%

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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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Workstation 72%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	811x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	201x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	173x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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	133x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16