Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	90.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '19 at 02:39
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	93%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$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 (77^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 217 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 775 72% 603 Pts	64-Core 1,196 74% 1,196 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% 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: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.8 89% 108 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 512GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 312 349 356 358 351 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 405 Mixed 190 SusWrite 338 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 32.1 127% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 89.5 122% 227 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 96%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 954GB free Firmware: 2FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 372 355 351 352 353 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 429 Mixed 390 SusWrite 357 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 42.8 152% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 260 195% 257 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 126%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 129 129 128 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 137 Write 130 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 128 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 84%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 149 152 150 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 144 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 150 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 189 189 189 190 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 188 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 189 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% 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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 50.4 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 42.5 130% 45.4 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 21.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%

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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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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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