Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	248% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	60.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170320
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 20:11
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 869 79% 664 Pts	64-Core 1,206 75% 1,206 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 141 Parallax 124 130% 141 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 802GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,211 Write 1,783 Mixed 1,944 441% 1,979 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 35.6 125% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 110 128% 215 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 363%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 630GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 99 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 37 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 64 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1007230950	93% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 490 Mixed 514 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 31.5 100% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 100 118% 198 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 124%
Liteon CV3-CE512-11 SATA 512GB 772 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 284GB free Firmware: TC9110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 229 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1920 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4261212458 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5264736763	98.7% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 489 Mixed 511 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 41 119% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 11.2 71% 159 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 4x16GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 49.5 MC Write 49.8 MC Mixed 42.2 135% 47.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 119%

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Workstation 72%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	803x
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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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