Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 18:37
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 686 62% 523 Pts	64-Core 901 56% 901 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 98.2 Parallax 77.6 77% 90.2 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 101 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 770 455 455 426 666 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 79% Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 96GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 130 134 135 137 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 364 Write 148 Mixed 202 SusWrite 135 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 25 91% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 101 90% 136 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 73%
Toshiba HDWD130 802GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 163 157 174 177 175 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 174 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 170 99% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 161 156 172 175 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 176 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 169 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.4% 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 35.6 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 101%

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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 $295	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