Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '22 at 18:51
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 92 2-Core 148 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 587 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Device(7377 2000) ≥ 4GB; COLORFUL 8GB RTX 3050 CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.3% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 81.9 Parallax 91.2 82% 91.2 fps	MRender 83.3 Gravity 73 Splatting 65.7 60% 74 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 51 64 54 35 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 311 Write 144 Mixed 204 SusWrite 50.2 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 15.6 86% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 33.2 56% 110 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 71%
Kingston SNVS1000GB 1TB 6,196 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 324GB free Firmware: S8442101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1441 1361 1461 1473 574 222 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,100 Write 1,259 Mixed 815 SusWrite 1,088 240% 1,066 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 19.1 128% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 592 DQ Write 456 DQ Mixed 188 232% 412 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 228%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 348GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 106 73 126 126 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 120 Write 129 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 113 68% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 217GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 80 79 80 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 77.4 Write 74.2 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 79.4 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 50%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 116GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 118 120 121 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 110 Write 99.7 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 120 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 109%
WD DM001 External 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 232GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 43 42 42 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 39.8 Write 37.3 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 42.1 51% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 51% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 20%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 46GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 37 Write 34.9 Mixed 26.6 SusWrite 36.7 46% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 CMK8GX4M1E3200C16 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.9% Very good	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 24.8 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 85%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	813x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	250x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	174x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	134x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	134x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16