Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.9% 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	14.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '21 at 10:38
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 101 2-Core 192 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 665 64% 527 Pts	64-Core 1,021 63% 1,021 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% 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: 466.11 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.2% Very good	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 108 Parallax 97.5 76% 99.5 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 90.1 Splatting 82.3 71% 87.9 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 2.5 7MM 512GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20100P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 345 313 353 280 355 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 371 Write 273 Mixed 292 SusWrite 325 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 29.7 99% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 78.5 DQ Mixed 32.7 31% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 101%
Sandisk S3 2T00 2TB 7,927 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 1.5TB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 369 379 366 379 370 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 427 Write 455 Mixed 342 SusWrite 374 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 33 122% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 49.4 45% 66.2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 118%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 112 115 114 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 143 Write 140 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 113 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 87%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 136 140 142 142 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 146 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 140 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 110%

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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 49.7 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 42.4 129% 45.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 21.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	802x
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	172x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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