Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	57.2% 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.

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	25.7 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 05:10
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 636 68% 542 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% 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: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2805 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 188 Parallax 169 136% 175 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 171 Splatting 122 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% 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: 107 111 77 93 122 113 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 440 Write 51 Mixed 94.8 SusWrite 104 37% 172 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 17.7 82% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 34.9 DQ Mixed 50.4 74% 149 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 76%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 37GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 337 324 316 315 215 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 462 Mixed 441 SusWrite 319 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 52 176% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 147 146 152 147 149 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 164 Mixed 39 SusWrite 149 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.9% 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 42.7 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 42.9 122% 42.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

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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	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