Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.3% 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.

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Run History

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System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 22:24
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 167 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 514 50% 409 Pts	64-Core 864 53% 864 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 94%

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: 431.60 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.8% Above average	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 117 Parallax 79.8 57% 88.8 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 62.9 57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110D SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 271 293 235 245 237 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 414 Write 300 Mixed 263 SusWrite 260 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 26.8 96% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 174 158% 245 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 103%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 329GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 435 444 439 433 295 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 408 Mixed 401 SusWrite 412 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 37.4 112% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 264 223% 327 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 129%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 517GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 49 53 54 57 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 51.7 Write 42.2 Mixed 18 SusWrite 53.6 30% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.1 28% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6MFR8N-TF 4x8GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 44.1 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 40.4 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 117%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $295	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