Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	56.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	13.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 05:06
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$150 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 519 61% 474 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 186 Parallax 170 133% 173 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 170 Splatting 121 106% 129 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 123 44 41 41 47 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 467 Write 66.7 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 68.7 37% 171 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 21.3 80% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 40.8 DQ Mixed 47.2 74% 150 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 76%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 37GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 343 316 315 220 177 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 464 Mixed 436 SusWrite 296 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 51.6 176% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 139 135 139 144 139 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 159 Write 163 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 140 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 131% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C19 4x8GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 42.5 122% 42.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

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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 $80Bench 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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16