Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 21:23
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 244 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 776 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 974 60% 974 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 201 Parallax 204 117% 183 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 183 Splatting 129 119% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 430 422 423 419 423 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 456 Mixed 370 SusWrite 424 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 44.9 152% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 260 188% 252 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 475GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 434 426 426 422 425 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 460 Mixed 437 SusWrite 428 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 53.2 170% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 214 163% 217 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 122 125 127 120 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 118 Write 126 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 124 69% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 108%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 118GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 105 92 118 101 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 153 Write 111 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 105 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,140 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 39.1 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.2 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 161%

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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	803x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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