Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '18 at 19:36
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 235 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 745 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 984 61% 984 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 88%

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: 1512 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 84.8 Parallax 75.2 68% 81 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 67.1 60% 74.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 142 139 138 132 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 484 Write 153 Mixed 185 SusWrite 138 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 33.8 144% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 182 157% 239 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 160 146 158 166 153 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 470 Mixed 400 SusWrite 192 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 56.2 194% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 141 139 144 145 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 176 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 143 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 108%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 13GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 28 Mixed 7.8 16% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 9%
SAMSUNG HM500LI 500GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 466GB free, PID 0214 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 35 Write 34.3 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 37.1 43% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 52% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 17%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 36.7 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% 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