Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.9% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	37.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '23 at 20:37
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 956 86% 726 Pts	64-Core 1,656 102% 1,656 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.61 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.3% Very good	Lighting 86.7 Reflection 129 Parallax 77.5 71% 97.7 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 94.6 75% 91.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 524GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 418 408 258 241 234 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 453 Mixed 424 SusWrite 326 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 43.5 140% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 348 262% 351 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 133%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3GB free Firmware: SC60 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 82.4 Write 74.6 Mixed 46.7 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 829GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 136 134 136 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 109 Mixed 20 SusWrite 136 71% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 754GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 109 107 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65% Good	Read 117 Write 104 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 109 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 101%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 1,113 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 130GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 90 90 91 91 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 86.9 Write 91.1 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 91.2 103% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 104% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KYXC0V-MID F4-2400C15-16GTZR F4-2400C15-16GTZR 48GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 30.5 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 100%

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

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 72%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	809x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	200x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	173x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x

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	134x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	132x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $375

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16