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 as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	61.7% 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '19 at 05:30
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 643 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 857 53% 857 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Nvidia(10DE 1033) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 512GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 65 87 75 70 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 391 Write 80.3 Mixed 121 SusWrite 76.2 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 28 102% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 78.9 DQ Mixed 80.5 96% 176 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3.5TB free Firmware: PN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 191 190 189 187 188 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 68% Great: 128%
Seagate BUP RD 5TB 1,206 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 944GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 80 83 83 84 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 67.5 Write 73.1 Mixed 70.4 SusWrite 81.6 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.5 161% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 68%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 178 177 179 178 178 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3TB free Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 175 175 177 172 177 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 139 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 175 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 105%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 128 128 129 127 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 127 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 87%
EPSON Storage 2GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 2GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	2.22% Terrible	Read 7.8 Write 3.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 3.8 6% 4.85 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.22% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6MFR8N-TF 4x8GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 42.4 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 41.4 121% 42.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 22.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 117%

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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 $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