Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150713
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 08:29
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 81.9 2-Core 207 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 662 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 857 53% 857 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 157 Parallax 171 132% 163 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 136 Splatting 103 108% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 108 106 105 108 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 430 Write 134 Mixed 170 SusWrite 109 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 21.7 74% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 172 148% 226 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 87%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 179GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 433 431 410 373 393 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 428 Mixed 368 SusWrite 413 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 32.6 108% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 128%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 866GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 159 159 117 158 160 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 159 Write 154 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 151 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB 1,582 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 32.8 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 16.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 101%

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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 $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