Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	87.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150713
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '20 at 09:58
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 222 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 640 63% 517 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 91%

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: 432.00 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 108 Parallax 95.4 81% 101 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 92 Splatting 76.6 69% 84.8 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 2.5 7MM 512GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20100P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 440 443 432 440 439 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 449 Write 446 Mixed 346 SusWrite 438 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 25.1 86% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 298 239% 337 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 101%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 149 124 151 152 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 168 Write 144 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 144 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 268GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 84 86 86 87 86 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 65.5 Write 108 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 85.9 118% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.3 157% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 65%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.3 3.4 3.6 2.9 2.3 3.4 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.54% Terrible	Read 16 Write 2.3 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 3.1 7% 6.65 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.54% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 38.7 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	803x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 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	172x
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	133x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	129x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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