Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	151% 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	287% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

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

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '20 at 06:47
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 241 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 785 79% 641 Pts	64-Core 975 60% 975 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$899 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Nvidia(10DE 1467) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 214 Parallax 257 166% 225 fps	MRender 278 Gravity 211 Splatting 125 159% 205 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$86 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1607 1393 1435 1468 1454 1416 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,242 Write 1,965 Mixed 1,567 SusWrite 1,462 406% 1809 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 71.7 257% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 942 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 277 305% 530 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 410%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 183GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 452 455 452 452 453 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 446 Mixed 337 SusWrite 453 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 37 131% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 172 179% 295 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 205 205 205 207 203 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 64.2 Write 140 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 205 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.M16FE 4x8GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 40.1 119% 41.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 22 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	814x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	250x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	174x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	135x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	134x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16