Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	151% 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	228% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '23 at 05:22
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 122 2-Core 249 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 750 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 924 57% 924 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti-$385 21,427 User benchmarks, average bench 145% Gigabyte(1458 40FB) CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 4500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 545.84 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 191 Parallax 232 170% 210 fps	MRender 296 Gravity 167 Splatting 125 152% 196 fps
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 157%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1685 1716 1746 1750 853 229 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,456 Write 1582 Mixed 1,524 SusWrite 1,330 333% 1,473 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 59.5 191% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 849 DQ Write 459 DQ Mixed 719 517% 676 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 295%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 895GB free Firmware: 415020RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 371 356 360 365 368 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 482 Mixed 365 SusWrite 378 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 39.8 129% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 255 217% 319 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4800 C17 4x8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 49.7 MC Mixed 34 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 123%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	60	34"	1280 720	SAM0F70 S34J55x

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	816x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	251x
Core i7-5930KIntel $599Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	205x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	175x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	73x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	136x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	135x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	132x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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