Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 183% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 176% 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	204% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	293% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	55 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '21 at 05:21
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 87.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 228 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 836 82% 668 Pts	64-Core 1,273 79% 1,273 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 98%

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: 461.40 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	204% Outstanding	Lighting 295 Reflection 289 Parallax 335 241% 306 fps	MRender 355 Gravity 255 Splatting 184 208% 265 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 861GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 319 448 430 456 462 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 643GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1571 1359 1353 1354 1357 1346 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,459 Write 2,304 Mixed 1,773 SusWrite 1,390 444% 1,981 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 78 257% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 764 DQ Write 557 DQ Mixed 635 481% 652 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 435%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 828GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 319 447 410 455 458 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 212 Mixed 390 SusWrite 404 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 53.2 179% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 268 225% 327 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 126%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 561GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 133 130 129 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 140 Write 129 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 125 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6JJR8N-VK 4x16GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 51.7 MC Write 55.1 MC Mixed 43.3 143% 50 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%

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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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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