Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.3% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FRTKJ
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '20 at 16:26
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 239 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 745 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 932 58% 932 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.3% Good	Lighting 75.7 Reflection 81.7 Parallax 67 62% 74.8 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 96.4 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SK hynix SC308 SATA 128GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 92 120 120 103 116 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 93%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 174 176 181 180 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 173 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 177 100% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 35.6 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 36 48% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143EB1-CPB 4x4GB 403 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 45.7 MC Mixed 35.2 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 102%

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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	811x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	201x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	173x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	134x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	133x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16