Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	159% 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.
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

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System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '19 at 04:04
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 735 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 893 55% 893 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 4103 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	159% Outstanding	Lighting 210 Reflection 236 Parallax 258 171% 235 fps	MRender 300 Gravity 229 Splatting 151 177% 227 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM85 128GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 39 41 41 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 72%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 140GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 310 311 331 256 204 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 434 Mixed 424 SusWrite 289 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 40.7 136% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 274 229% 332 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 123%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 175 173 176 176 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 167 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 174 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26BFT4K.C8FD 4x8GB 328 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 39.5 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 72%

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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