Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	223% 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	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, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 06:44
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 220 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 807 73% 614 Pts	64-Core 1,047 65% 1,047 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 86.2 Parallax 80.1 80% 88.1 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 74.3 71% 89.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1283 646 614 452 347 313 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,050 Write 1,186 Mixed 1,120 SusWrite 609 275% 1,241 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 58.7 210% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 962 DQ Write 792 DQ Mixed 889 662% 881 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 309%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 176GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 740 588 587 588 589 589 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 965 Write 773 Mixed 519 SusWrite 614 160% 718 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 39 134% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 482 DQ Mixed 339 265% 357 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 313%
Generic Flash Disk 1GB 2,763 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Read 14.5 Write 1.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 1.8 5% 5 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 22.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 20.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 81%

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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

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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