Alienware Area-51 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	95.4% 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	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N4R4N
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 07:14
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel 0000%@ 94 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 66.4 1-Core 86.4 2-Core 160 60% 104 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 676 61% 512 Pts	64-Core 1,198 74% 1,198 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 132 Parallax 123 96% 124 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 153 135 143 167 167 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.9% Good	Read 240 Write 142 Mixed 113 SusWrite 152 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 30.5 112% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 58.3 DQ Mixed 200 150% 208 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 101%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 138 139 139 140 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 153 Write 135 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 139 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 687GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 175 174 176 176 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 87.7 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 175 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.7 453% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 165 163 162 164 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 118 Write 128 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 163 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.6 320% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3H1 4x8GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 44.7 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 28.9 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 106%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 104%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R4

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	49x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	28x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	45x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	8x
PC300 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 131%, 3,574 samples	7x
hynix SC311 SATA 128GBSKBench 65%, 20,313 samples	7x

RAM
XJ69DF-HYA 4x8GBKingstonBench 106%, 164 samples	19x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GBMicronBench 122%, 84 samples	15x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,851 samples	13x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $860

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $33	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