Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	88.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	56.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	May 15 '21 at 09:28
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 760 74% 610 Pts	64-Core 957 59% 957 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.9% 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: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2640 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 159 Parallax 143 115% 147 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 145 Splatting 133 110% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 258 232 226 222 214 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 410 Write 363 Mixed 378 SusWrite 256 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 37.7 133% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 323 248% 338 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 97%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 161 164 165 165 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 110 Mixed 107 SusWrite 162 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 177 179 178 179 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 125 Mixed 92.9 SusWrite 176 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%
SD Card 128GB 466 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 119GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 20.2 Write 20.1 Mixed 18.4 SusWrite 20.5 27% 19.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.6 96% 1.8 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 (77^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 52.4 MC Mixed 39.7 127% 44.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 21.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 122%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	802x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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