Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 98.8%, 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	301% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). 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 @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '22 at 03:05
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 788 84% 671 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.8% 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 146 108% 142 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 126 104% 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% 444GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1516 1297 824 823 819 827 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,510 Write 2356 Mixed 1,855 SusWrite 1,018 433% 1,935 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 78.3 257% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,496 DQ Write 1,138 DQ Mixed 1329 991% 1,321 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 301% 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: 311 312 314 312 314 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 383 Write 309 Mixed 320 SusWrite 274 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 27.5 150% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 257 212% 307 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 183%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 596GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 108 108 107 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 160 Write 167 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 107 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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 @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 45.1 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 42.8 124% 43.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 114% 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