Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	11 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '21 at 04:20
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 167 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 490 48% 392 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.8% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 137 Parallax 124 100% 128 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 139 Splatting 118 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 304 283 296 272 286 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 426 Write 372 Mixed 256 SusWrite 289 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 22 78% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 66.2 DQ Mixed 117 110% 181 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 114%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 47GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 316 310 318 301 312 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 352 Write 203 Mixed 222 SusWrite 310 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 27.2 94% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 52.8 DQ Mixed 100 103% 178 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 117%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 159 153 152 148 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 162 Mixed 89 SusWrite 153 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.8 331% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 138%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 184 172 185 169 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 184 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 178 101% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C15 Series 2800 C16 Series 2800 C16 Series 2666 C15 Series 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 39.9 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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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