Alienware Area-51 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.72% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	156% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XF4NJ
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '19 at 12:40
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen TR 1920X-$800 10,440 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Memory 54.9 1-Core 62.6 2-Core 128 47% 81.7 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 525 46% 393 Pts	64-Core 1,101 68% 1,101 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	5.72% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 6.91 4% 6.98 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 10.9 Splatting 10.9 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 5.72% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 500 325 324 324 325 324 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,620 Write 1,276 Mixed 925 SusWrite 354 232% 1,044 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 42.2 151% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 653 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 533 395% 527 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 243%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 337GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 206 205 215 215 193 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 327 Write 242 Mixed 292 SusWrite 211 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 17.9 4K Mixed 20.2 71% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 96.1 DQ Write 80.1 DQ Mixed 103 73% 93.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 174 181 183 182 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 163 Mixed 87.1 SusWrite 177 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
SDXC Card 197GB 961 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 177GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 13 13 12 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	5.98% Terrible	Read 17.9 Write 15.7 Mixed 16.3 SusWrite 12.5 21% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 14% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 5.98% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 6,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 25.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 9.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 144 28% 144 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 90%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 119%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R3

CPU
Ryzen TR 1950XAMD $225Bench 77%, 23,641 samples	19x
Ryzen TR 1900XAMD $110Bench 76%, 7,071 samples	6x
Ryzen TR 1920XAMD $800Bench 78%, 10,440 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	6x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 225%, 6,967 samples	5x
670p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBIntel $550Bench 327%, 3,198 samples	2x

RAM
16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GBMicronBench 122%, 84 samples	9x
HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 2x16GBHynixBench 84%, 1,261 samples	3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	2x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $756

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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