Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	165% 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	71.9% 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '20 at 04:16
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$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 (94^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 617 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 866 54% 866 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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: 456.71 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	165% Outstanding	Lighting 217 Reflection 265 Parallax 331 177% 271 fps	MRender 332 Gravity 252 Splatting 146 188% 243 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 796GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 373 382 327 392 383 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 468 Write 399 Mixed 305 SusWrite 373 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 23.3 82% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 87.3 71% 105 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 121%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 122GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 396 398 399 213 348 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 450 Mixed 430 SusWrite 358 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 46.4 156% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 269 226% 329 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%
SK hynix SC300 2.5 7MM 128GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 119GB free Firmware: 20100P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 184 185 187 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 477 Write 188 Mixed 240 SusWrite 186 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 28.9 115% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 219 174% 246 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 80%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 125 128 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 105 Write 126 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 126 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.4 271% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%
SDXC Card 197GB 961 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 28GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 27.5 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 26.6 38% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.6 109% 3 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 32%

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)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 35.5 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 21 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.6% 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	803x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 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	172x
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	133x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	129x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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