Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.6% 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	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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '21 at 11:49
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 257 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 741 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 977 60% 977 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 137 Parallax 128 95% 127 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 115 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 1100 SATA 512GB 5,508 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0DL002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 248 251 252 254 242 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 413 Write 432 Mixed 364 SusWrite 247 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 34.5 124% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 234 202% 300 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 100%
Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 3.2TB AIC 13 User benchmarks, average bench 247% 1TB free Firmware: KPYA8D3Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1531 1546 1550 1514 1548 1542 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 1,566 Write 1672 Mixed 1,058 SusWrite 1,539 329% 1,459 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 55.6 198% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,042 DQ Write 689 DQ Mixed 841 634% 857 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 283%
Hitachi HUS726060ALE614 6TB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2TB free Firmware: APDEKP04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 185 187 183 193 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 189 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 187 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 119%
Hitachi HUS726060ALE614 6TB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 1TB free Firmware: APDEKP04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 204 200 207 197 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 219 Write 217 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 201 132% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 119%
Hitachi HUS726060ALE614 6TB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2TB free Firmware: APDEKP04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 177 167 166 176 172 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 130 Write 143 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 172 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 51 MC Mixed 40.2 126% 43.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	811x
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	173x
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
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	134x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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