Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '19 at 18:10
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 687 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1571 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 91.2 Parallax 79.3 68% 84.6 fps	MRender 84 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 72.7 64% 78.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 507 501 507 508 507 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 118GB free Firmware: EXT07D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 133 133 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73% Very good	Read 485 Write 137 Mixed 158 SusWrite 133 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 24.1 115% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 65.6 97% 189 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 52GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 292 292 292 292 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 469 Mixed 374 SusWrite 311 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 53.8 184% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 357 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 144 142 145 146 146 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 156 Write 156 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 144 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 101%
Lexar SD USB_3_0 Read 16GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 14GB free, PID b049 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 39.6 Write 12.8 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 13 21% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 3 150% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 4x8GB 994 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 40.7 121% 42.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 121%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Area-51 R2 Builds (Compare 1,503 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	807x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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