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 as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	62.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 05:02
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 200 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 760 68% 575 Pts	64-Core 1,032 64% 1,032 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% 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: 456.71 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 35 36 36 34 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 461 Write 178 Mixed 143 SusWrite 41.8 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 25.3 103% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 76.2 98% 184 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 90%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 973GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 101 100 100 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 92 Write 94.6 Mixed 68 SusWrite 99.9 65% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 161 172 173 173 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 107 Write 132 Mixed 95.3 SusWrite 165 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.7 416% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 90%

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 above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 49.6 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 43.3 130% 45.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 22 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	811x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	201x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	173x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	134x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	133x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16