Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	89.1% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 13:37
Run Duration	91 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$504 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 111 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 807 74% 621 Pts	64-Core 1,191 74% 1,191 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$1,438 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 181 Parallax 169 136% 172 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 161 Splatting 128 111% 136 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 132%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1705 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 291 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 46 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19731726802	89.1% Excellent	Read 515 Write 460 Mixed 457 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 23.8 128% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 22.1 27% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 49.9 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 42.5 129% 45.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 21.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	817x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	251x
Core i7-5930KIntel $599Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	205x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	175x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	73x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	136x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	135x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	132x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16