Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.4% 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	86.5% 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	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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 18:06
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 729 71% 584 Pts	64-Core 1,192 74% 1,192 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.8 93% 111 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 512GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 346 362 362 359 355 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 396 Write 385 Mixed 170 SusWrite 354 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 31.3 118% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 87.8 119% 222 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 96%
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: 10B SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 347 337 315 325 342 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 386 Mixed 296 SusWrite 337 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 39.8 147% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 199 186% 288 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 128 128 129 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 130 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 128 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 84%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 150 151 150 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 145 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 150 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 188 190 190 191 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 183 Mixed 22.4 SusWrite 190 105% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 50.1 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 41.3 128% 44.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.9 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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Workstation 72%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	802x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 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	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	133x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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