Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160608
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 22:13
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 168 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 605 59% 485 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 62.2 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 64.3 51% 63.7 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 51.7 48% 60.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 119GB free Firmware: CXM05H1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 241 244 227 212 221 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 399 Write 211 Mixed 243 SusWrite 224 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 22.2 87% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 74.4 DQ Mixed 120 102% 154 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 73%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 168 185 187 187 188 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 82 Write 184 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 176 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: SC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 181 195 184 144 197 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 86.2 Write 116 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 175 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 1.1 286% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 194 193 194 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 197 Mixed 39 SusWrite 190 112% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 146% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: GH2OA3C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 125 126 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 130 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 126 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 35.5 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.6 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	807x
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	173x
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	134x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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