Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FRTKJ
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '19 at 00:14
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 727 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 890 55% 890 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 65.3 63% 72.9 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 69.1 Splatting 71.3 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 49 50 55 54 42 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 396 Write 309 Mixed 283 SusWrite 82.6 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 20.7 113% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 138 133% 204 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 85%
Biwin SSD 256GB 1,051 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 158GB free Firmware: O1026A SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 286 284 287 288 290 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 475 Write 288 Mixed 287 SusWrite 287 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 33.4 115% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 182 163% 245 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 161 162 156 149 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 186 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 156 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 11GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 71 72 71 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 72.7 Write 71 Mixed 52 SusWrite 70.4 49% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 321GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 157 155 158 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 119 Write 80.5 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 156 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 114%
SD Card 2GB 2,438 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 6 6.1 6.6 6.1 6.6 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	3.78% Terrible	Read 10.2 Write 2.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 6.1 7% 5.78 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.78% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 35.2 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

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

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	808x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	199x

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	132x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $40	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