Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	92.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 11:09
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 697 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 1,138 70% 1,138 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Dell(1028 119A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 183 Parallax 186 120% 172 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 166 Splatting 120 109% 134 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 1100 SATA 256GB 16,265 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0DL022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 431 431 422 422 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 459 Mixed 387 SusWrite 392 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 34 125% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 304 221% 283 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 94%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 56GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 284 283 283 282 263 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 383 Write 285 Mixed 270 SusWrite 280 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 32.4 133% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 276 216% 298 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 95%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 154 154 153 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 125 Write 129 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 153 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 569GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 156 154 153 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 153 Mixed 93 SusWrite 154 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 108%

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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 36.9 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.2 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% 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 $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 $178	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