Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	146% 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	80.3% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '18 at 23:01
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 192 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 652 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 952 59% 952 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 231 Parallax 250 158% 225 fps	MRender 247 Gravity 209 Splatting 135 154% 197 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 248 251 215 214 198 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 448 Write 438 Mixed 396 SusWrite 229 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 32.6 106% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 327 250% 338 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 97%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 222GB free Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 88 146 147 147 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 411 Write 334 Mixed 199 SusWrite 171 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 17 69% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 99.2 DQ Mixed 40.1 49% 86.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 56%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 168 163 162 167 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 178 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 164 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KYXC0V-MIB 1x16GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.3% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 11.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 12 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 46%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	802x
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	172x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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