Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '19 at 18:39
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 749 74% 603 Pts	64-Core 892 55% 892 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% 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: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 65.2 63% 73.1 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 71.9 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	Read 170 Write 37.3 Mixed 45.3 18% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 14.3 4K Mixed 10 44% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 18.2 DQ Write 18.4 DQ Mixed 16 13% 17.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Biwin SSD 256GB 1,051 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 49GB free Firmware: O1026A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 467 Write 290 Mixed 293 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 26.3 101% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 182 163% 246 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 528GB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 164 Write 150 Mixed 46.7 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 108%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 247GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 90.3 Write 86.2 Mixed 54.5 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 305GB free Firmware: CC49 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 112 Write 93.3 Mixed 74.5 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 114%

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 (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 44.9 MC Mixed 35.3 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	801x
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	129x
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 $132	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) $34	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