Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, , 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 00:35
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 718 65% 545 Pts	64-Core 1,101 68% 1,101 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 94%

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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 57.3 Parallax 70.1 113% 88.6 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 57.5 Splatting 44.9 46% 57.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 75%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 448 436 453 454 455 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 449 Mixed 365 SusWrite 451 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 46.1 155% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 330 255% 349 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 157 158 159 159 158 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 87.4 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 158 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 4x8GB 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 50.7 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 42.5 130% 45.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 22.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%

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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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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 72%

Battleship

System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	807x
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	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 $274	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 $183	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