Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	159% 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	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 0XJKKD
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 05:16
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 99 2-Core 227 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 693 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Nvidia(10DE 147D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	159% Outstanding	Lighting 204 Reflection 255 Parallax 327 166% 262 fps	MRender 329 Gravity 250 Splatting 146 187% 242 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 230%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.1% Above average	Lighting 62.2 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 58.6 51% 62.3 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 59.4 Splatting 52.3 49% 61 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 364 347 282 357 318 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 402 Write 394 Mixed 287 SusWrite 341 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 20.6 80% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 64.1 DQ Mixed 62.6 60% 96.7 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 121%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 17GB free Firmware: M3CR010 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 486 Write 444 Mixed 426 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 47 160% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 289 236% 336 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
SK hynix SC300 2.5 7MM 128GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2GB free Firmware: 20100P00 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 477 Write 188 Mixed 240 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 28.9 114% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 222 175% 247 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 80%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 272GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 67 70 70 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 50 Write 85.7 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 67.4 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 68%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 23GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 23.5 Mixed 25 SusWrite 23.9 34% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.1 67% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 35.5 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 21.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 102%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	807x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	198x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	173x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16