Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.3% 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, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '19 at 03:35
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 698 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 895 55% 895 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 67 65 60 56 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 447 Write 74.2 Mixed 107 SusWrite 64.5 37% 173 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 22.4 103% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 79.1 DQ Mixed 53 81% 163 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 76%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 32GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 312 311 311 259 191 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 470 Mixed 440 SusWrite 298 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 50.1 168% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 354 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 129%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 838GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1994 2026 1287 1163 1167 1166 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,210 Write 2,008 Mixed 1537 SusWrite 1,467 405% 1,806 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 77.4 262% 93.7 MB/s	DQ Read 922 DQ Write 605 DQ Mixed 837 605% 788 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 372%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 845GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 344 344 344 341 344 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 349 Write 249 Mixed 68.9 SusWrite 341 182% 252 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.1 264% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 213%

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 (94^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 35.9 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.3 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	802x
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	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	133x
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 $279	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 $184	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) $30	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