Alienware Area-51 R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	244% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 05J3W0
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '21 at 13:36
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen TR 2950X-$1,075 10,169 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 61.7 1-Core 76.1 2-Core 184 59% 107 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 708 63% 535 Pts	64-Core 2,484 154% 2,484 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.92 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 36.7 Reflection 40 Parallax 38.3 30% 38.3 fps	Gravity 40.1 Splatting 26.9 29% 33.5 fps
Poor: 27% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 948 882 878 891 889 890 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,211 Write 2,052 Mixed 1,677 SusWrite 896 383% 1,709 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.1 217% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 890 DQ Write 631 DQ Mixed 721 549% 748 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 869GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 466 469 470 470 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 468 Mixed 398 SusWrite 468 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 35.8 122% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 348 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 121%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 445 444 461 461 453 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 438 Mixed 388 SusWrite 446 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 34.3 96% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 352 264% 352 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16/16G KHX2666C16/16G KHX2666C16D4/16GX KHX2666C16D4/16GX 64GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	136% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 66.5 MC Mixed 59.2 154% 54 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 25.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 123 33% 123 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 136%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 126%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R7

CPU
Ryzen TR 2950XAMD $1,075Bench 81%, 10,169 samples	10x
Ryzen TR 1920XAMD $800Bench 78%, 10,440 samples	2x
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	2x

GPU
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	4x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	3x
HD 5750AMDBench 8%, 12,403 samples	1x

SSD
NVMe TOSHIBA 512GBKxg60znv512gBench 196%, 7,642 samples	2x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	2x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	1x

RAM
KTP9W1-MIE 4x16GBKingstonBench 109%, 50 samples	2x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBKingstonBench 98%, 6,447 samples	2x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	2x

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Total price: $1,482

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16