Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	29.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '20 at 10:37
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 174 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 659 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 839 52% 839 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 71.9 62% 76.5 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 65.1 58% 71.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCT-512L9S-11 2.5 7mm 512GB 471 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC9110E SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 311 294 324 330 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 406 Write 354 Mixed 264 SusWrite 313 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 21.1 86% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 205 183% 277 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 99%
Corsair Neutron XT 960GB-$1,453 202 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 450GB free Firmware: SAFC01.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 346 350 346 348 350 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 412 Write 392 Mixed 289 SusWrite 348 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 13.2 45% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 75.7 127% 245 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 112%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 237GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 373 382 373 381 378 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 354 Mixed 309 SusWrite 378 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 47.7 150% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 356 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 135%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 519GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 100 101 101 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 75.5 Write 48 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 99.7 54% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 87%

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 (72^nd percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 35.4 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 18.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 102%

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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	810x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16