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 above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '21 at 19:44
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 189 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 580 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 339 365 356 359 351 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 454 Write 351 Mixed 253 SusWrite 352 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 13.2 72% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 95.4 84% 126 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 883GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 118 124 124 127 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 72.8 Write 111 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 120 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 90%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE641 4TB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 504GB free Firmware: MJAOA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 102 100 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 128 Mixed 78 SusWrite 100 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 92%
WL3000GSA6472E 3TB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: HPS2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 167 162 166 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 158 Mixed 106 SusWrite 163 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 95%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 1.5TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1TB free, PID 50a0 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 97 95 95 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 96.9 Write 66.1 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 95.5 100% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB 1,582 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 35.8 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 19.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 101%

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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