Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	218% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '19 at 20:37
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 630 62% 507 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 150 Parallax 139 105% 139 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1526 1051 595 598 598 598 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,791 Write 1,402 Mixed 712 SusWrite 828 263% 1,183 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 55.3 203% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 842 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 672 522% 719 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 156GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 290 291 292 291 289 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 455 Mixed 403 SusWrite 310 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 51.6 173% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 351 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 68GB free Firmware: EXT08D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 134 135 135 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 466 Write 137 Mixed 156 SusWrite 135 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 20.4 92% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 62.4 95% 186 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 76%

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 39.4 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 36.4 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 20.9 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

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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	802x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	248x
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	131x
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 $273	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 $186	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