Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	69% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (19%). 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	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '19 at 05:37
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 95.3 2-Core 182 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 638 60% 500 Pts	64-Core 895 55% 895 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 94%

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: 419.17 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 512GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT07D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 118 115 75 68 55 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 456 Write 245 Mixed 138 SusWrite 101 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 30.7 109% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 81.5 104% 192 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 96%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 350GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 440 419 439 447 455 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 474 Mixed 385 SusWrite 434 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 57.7 192% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 137 139 137 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 124 Mixed 85 SusWrite 138 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 114 115 118 117 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 107 Write 118 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 114 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 139 137 136 140 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 134 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 138 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 4x8GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 49.4 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 42.4 128% 44.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 20.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 111%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	810x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 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 $79Bench 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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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