Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.9% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150713
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '18 at 22:16
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 658 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 865 54% 865 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.9% 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 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 148 Parallax 128 116% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 97 89 68 68 71 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 465 Write 126 Mixed 150 SusWrite 82.4 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 29.7 117% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 98.6 DQ Mixed 139 128% 206 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 87%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 44GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 275 80 93 80 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 412 Write 441 Mixed 303 SusWrite 162 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 35.2 128% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 178 153% 219 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 100GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 297 296 295 295 294 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 478 Mixed 387 SusWrite 310 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 48.3 163% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 353 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 188 183 188 188 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 187 Mixed 45 SusWrite 187 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 38.1 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 21 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 120%

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Workstation 72%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	802x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 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 $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) $35	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