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 (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	61.8% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160608
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 23:17
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 189 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 637 60% 500 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 92 106 71 96 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 453 Write 75.8 Mixed 102 SusWrite 95.8 39% 181 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 22.5 93% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 81.9 DQ Mixed 60.5 85% 166 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 76%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 790GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 443 443 457 460 460 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 469 Mixed 380 SusWrite 449 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 44.9 156% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 350 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 122%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 189 191 193 193 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 182 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 190 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 146% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

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 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 40.4 119% 41.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 20.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%

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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 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 $40	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