Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	123% 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	249% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 04:42
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 669 62% 515 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 188 Parallax 190 140% 183 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 167 Splatting 119 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1023 1333 614 614 616 617 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,205 Write 1,970 Mixed 1,208 SusWrite 803 345% 1,546 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 77.5 262% 96.3 MB/s	DQ Read 878 DQ Write 503 DQ Mixed 733 534% 705 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 352GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 378 454 456 453 373 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 452 Mixed 434 SusWrite 397 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 45.7 160% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 123 156% 278 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 452 447 446 453 450 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 454 Mixed 386 SusWrite 449 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 48.2 163% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 355 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 503GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 84 83 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 78.5 Write 79.8 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 86 54% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 63%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 160 146 118 163 163 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 166 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 150 91% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.2% 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 (88^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 35.1 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 101%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	803x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 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 $130Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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