Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.4% 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	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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	18.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '24 at 01:48
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 202 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 636 62% 510 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% 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: 531.41 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 134 Parallax 114 100% 123 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 118 Splatting 109 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 397 408 419 411 421 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 450 Write 398 Mixed 381 SusWrite 408 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 32.3 106% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 286 214% 286 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 125%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 192 193 188 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 193 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 191 111% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.M16FE 4x8GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 51.8 MC Mixed 39.7 126% 44.2 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 19 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 107%

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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	51	28	240	24.5"	1920 1057	DELA102 DELL AW2518HF

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Gaming 82%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 72%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	814x
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	174x
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
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	135x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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