Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 03:22
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 672 65% 537 Pts	64-Core 833 52% 833 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.1% 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 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 144 Parallax 138 100% 135 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 85 103 103 101 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 470 Write 151 Mixed 167 SusWrite 101 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 27 106% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 166 142% 217 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 107GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 373 398 400 389 371 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 454 Mixed 383 SusWrite 371 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 52.5 172% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 351 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 186GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 298 292 295 299 299 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 368 Write 350 Mixed 330 SusWrite 298 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 25.2 87% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 142 108% 144 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 75%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 44GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 128 96 91 103 157 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 174 Write 173 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 120 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 173GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 156 157 157 158 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 140 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 156 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6MFR8N-TF 4x4GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 35 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 100%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 72%

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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 $300	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 $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