Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	147% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '19 at 01:42
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 784 80% 646 Pts	64-Core 996 62% 996 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 182 Parallax 169 138% 174 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 170 Splatting 119 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB 2,610 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 356 338 323 317 306 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 983 Write 362 Mixed 401 SusWrite 343 115% 522 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 45 175% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 950 DQ Write 531 DQ Mixed 704 533% 728 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 201%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 98GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 664 583 549 499 496 499 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,644 Write 1,151 Mixed 690 SusWrite 548 224% 1,008 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 54.2 203% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 965 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 451 391% 596 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 283%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 437GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 375 380 375 298 281 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 459 Write 451 Mixed 333 SusWrite 345 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 32.4 110% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 244 209% 309 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 198 196 193 195 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 195 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 195 109% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 KYXC0V-MIB CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 30.3 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 94%

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Workstation 72%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	814x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	251x
Core i7-5930KIntel $599Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	205x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	175x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	73x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	136x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	135x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	131x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16