Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	277% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '22 at 01:46
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 283 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 732 82% 643 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% HP(103C 82E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 148 Parallax 147 108% 142 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 126 105% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2167 870 826 829 829 830 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,516 Write 2,393 Mixed 1,821 SusWrite 1,058 436% 1,947 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 76.2 244% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,016 DQ Write 554 DQ Mixed 874 626% 815 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 355%
Nvme-128gb SSD 128GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 134% 73GB free Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 315 314 315 315 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 380 Write 308 Mixed 321 SusWrite 275 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 25.4 140% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 257 213% 308 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 183%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 596GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 110 109 111 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 163 Write 166 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 110 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 48.7 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 48 133% 46.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 25.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 113%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 72%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	808x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	199x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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	132x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $395

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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