Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	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	60.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170320
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 01:07
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 908 81% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,205 75% 1,205 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.6% 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 (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 142 Parallax 124 118% 137 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% 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% 629GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,184 Write 1,848 Mixed 1,891 440% 1,974 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 34.3 119% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 105 117% 194 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 363%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 564GB 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 99 286 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 97 (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 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1157362173	93.1% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 494 Mixed 516 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 32 103% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 103 113% 185 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 124%
Liteon CV3-CE512-11 SATA 512GB 772 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 412GB free Firmware: TC9110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 242 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (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 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4536689772 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5914051276	97.5% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 492 Mixed 500 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 41 117% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 88.1 104% 175 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.5% 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 (94^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 49.1 MC Write 49.8 MC Mixed 42.1 134% 47 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 119%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	807x
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	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 $179	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