Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '23 at 00:33
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 166 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 544 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 88%

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: 536.99 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.8% Very good	Lighting 91.8 Reflection 110 Parallax 97.3 75% 99.5 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 83.9 72% 88.3 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$107 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 612GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1423 1472 1468 1533 1535 1555 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,809 Write 1677 Mixed 1,664 SusWrite 1,498 374% 1,662 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 46.4 149% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 278 205% 272 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 488%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$99 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 414GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 392 394 405 405 408 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 417 Mixed 385 SusWrite 397 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 38.7 126% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 274 206% 276 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 137%
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 102GB free Firmware: 3D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 146 146 145 147 146 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 435 Write 151 Mixed 187 SusWrite 147 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 27.3 101% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 184 148% 213 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 87%
Crucial MX500 4TB-$299 1,824 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 460GB free Firmware: M3CR046 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 403 409 412 395 409 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 334 Write 389 Mixed 335 SusWrite 405 83% 366 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 33.9 88% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 141 136% 217 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 119%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$93 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 224 229 224 230 228 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 241 Write 215 Mixed 104 SusWrite 226 143% 196 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.1 255% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 88%
DAS TerraMaster 3TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 861GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 102 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 102 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 4x8GB 10,297 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 38.7 114% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 21.4 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	100	34.1"	1280 720	ACR0450 Acer X34

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	817x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	251x
Core i7-5930KIntel $599Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	205x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	175x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	73x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	136x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	135x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	132x

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Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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