Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	87.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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Run History

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	58.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 13 '21 at 04:51
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 236 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 716 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 955 59% 955 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84% 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 (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 141 Parallax 131 106% 134 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 134 Splatting 120 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 235 225 228 219 216 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 420 Write 436 Mixed 370 SusWrite 257 84% 371 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 35.3 130% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 326 250% 338 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 97%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 163 163 166 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 166 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 162 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 176 176 177 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 163 Mixed 82.4 SusWrite 174 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
SD Card 128GB 466 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 119GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 21 21 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 20.3 Write 20 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 20.5 27% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.6 95% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 43%

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 (84^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 52.6 MC Mixed 40.2 128% 44.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 21.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 122%

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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