Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	53.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '21 at 00:06
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 711 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 934 58% 934 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 137 Parallax 138 102% 134 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 116 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 283 256 225 199 233 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 450 Write 434 Mixed 400 SusWrite 246 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 29.1 96% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 326 249% 336 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 97%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 79 73 78 60 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 125 Write 104 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 73.6 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 177 179 178 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 128 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 176 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 193GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 70 71 70 70 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 76.5 Write 67.9 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 70.4 82% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KYXC0V-MIB 4x16GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 52.1 MC Mixed 39.5 126% 44 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 20.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 122%

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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