Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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 0XJKKD
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 20:40
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 616 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan Z (SLI Disabled) 571 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1078) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.2% Good	Lighting 84.6 Reflection 57.2 Parallax 77.3 69% 73 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 59.7 Splatting 43.2 46% 58.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 75%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC210 2.5 7MM 128GB 978 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20001L00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 169 137 161 137 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 451 Write 169 Mixed 210 SusWrite 157 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 20.8 81% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 182 144% 203 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 18GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 451 Mixed 381 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 52.1 170% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate BUP SL 5TB 1,348 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 100 103 104 103 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 75 Write 79.3 Mixed 54 SusWrite 102 18% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.5 4% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 13%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 160 158 161 161 161 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 157 Mixed 21.1 SusWrite 160 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.2% 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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 36.2 110% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

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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 $184	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