Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.7% 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	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141001
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	May 03 '20 at 23:11
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 874 79% 666 Pts	64-Core 1,188 74% 1,188 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 103 Parallax 91.1 79% 97.1 fps	MRender 82.7 Gravity 89.1 Splatting 79.9 68% 83.9 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110D SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 356 362 337 367 369 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 414 Write 361 Mixed 276 SusWrite 358 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 20.3 78% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 200 185% 286 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 103%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 122 122 124 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 113 Write 103 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 122 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 67%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 111 112 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 168 Write 120 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 112 158% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 166% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 61%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 182GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 32 29 35 34 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 28.1 Write 29.5 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 32.1 36% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 58%

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 (90^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 39 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%

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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 $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