Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '19 at 01:25
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (58^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 196 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 659 62% 517 Pts	64-Core 1,018 63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% PNY(196E 1215) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 138 Parallax 129 106% 133 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 512GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT07D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 39 35 31 33 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 388 Write 76.5 Mixed 114 SusWrite 37.6 33% 154 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 18.8 93% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 53.3 DQ Mixed 60.4 76% 144 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 96%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 142 142 143 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 140 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 142 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 778GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 198 197 198 195 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 146 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 197 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 190 201 201 193 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 135 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 193 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 45.5 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 36.9 117% 40.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 19.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 72%

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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 $179	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