Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	3.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '20 at 05:56
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 below expectations (25^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 191 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 558 56% 457 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3287) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 165 130% 123 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 130 Splatting 87.2 101% 130 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 601 301 289 283 299 286 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 308GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 443 449 445 447 449 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 459 Mixed 398 SusWrite 438 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 46.7 157% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 280 204% 265 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 95GB free Firmware: HC8110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 397 369 399 398 371 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 445 Write 397 Mixed 278 SusWrite 383 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 29.1 104% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 209 192% 296 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 103%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 133 136 136 136 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 143 Write 129 Mixed 72 SusWrite 135 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 4x8GB 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 36.4 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.9 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 115%

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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