Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	115% 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.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FRTKJ
Memory	58.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '20 at 11:53
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 107 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 88.7 2-Core 176 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 628 58% 488 Pts	64-Core 2,012 124% 2,012 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 5390) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 186 Parallax 173 122% 169 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 174 Splatting 118 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2446 Write 1,828 Mixed 986 386% 1,754 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 62 208% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 653 DQ Write 462 DQ Mixed 545 410% 553 MB/s
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$51 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 14GB free Firmware: UF300000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 449 Write 349 Mixed 257 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 19.1 72% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 31 DQ Mixed 42 40% 64 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 55%
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 18GB free Firmware: S8FM07.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 288 274 15 40 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 494 Write 290 Mixed 206 SusWrite 154 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 19 85% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 58.9 63% 106 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 430GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 116 118 118 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 179 Write 177 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 117 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 113%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 152GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 69 70 69 69 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 74.5 Write 44.5 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 66.3 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 66GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 92 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 63.8 Write 38.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 91.4 43% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.C16FD 2x16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	MC Read 60.5 MC Write 54 MC Mixed 41.9 149% 52.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 131%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	813x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	250x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	174x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	134x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	134x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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