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Workstation
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive50.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 26 '20 at 21:22
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 85%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
82.3% Excellent
Memory 89
1-Core 100
2-Core 215
77% 135 Pts
4-Core 408
8-Core 625
64% 517 Pts
64-Core 823
51% 823 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑
This bench: 82.3%
 Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT08D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 32 32 36 29 28 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
50.5% Above average
Read 433
Write 76
Mixed 97.2
SusWrite 32.7
34% 160 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 34.2
4K Mixed 17.5
74% 24.5 MB/s
DQ Read 358
DQ Write 49.7
DQ Mixed 48.8
75% 152 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑
This bench: 50.5%
 Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210
203GB free
Firmware: EXM02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 460 459 457 460 460 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 480
Write 456
Mixed 365
SusWrite 459
99% 440 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 85.3
4K Mixed 40.4
139% 51.1 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 351
265% 357 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑
This bench: 106%
 Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
1TB free
Firmware: MX4OABX0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 166 166 166 169 166 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
94.4% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 175
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 166
98% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑
This bench: 94.4%
 Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67% Good
MC Read 28
MC Write 21.4
MC Mixed 22.5
68% 24 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 19.7
SC Mixed 19.7
52% 18.1 GB/s
Latency 68.5
58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑
This bench: 67%
 Great: 79%
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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 samples807x
Core i7-6800KIntel  $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples249x
Core i7-5930KIntel  $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples198x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples224x
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples173x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples112x
SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples52x
RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples134x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples130x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $530
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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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