Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 87.8%, 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	88.7% 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.

Run History

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	57 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '21 at 23:13
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 788 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 1,008 62% 1,008 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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: 466.47 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 145 Parallax 146 107% 141 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 135 Splatting 120 102% 125 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% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 263 246 232 218 216 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 411 Write 438 Mixed 376 SusWrite 249 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 38.2 135% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 326 249% 338 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 97%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 167 163 168 170 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 140 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 166 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 177 176 177 177 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 113 Mixed 110 SusWrite 176 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 42.4 MC Write 53 MC Mixed 40.7 130% 45.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 116% 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