Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, 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	108% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	17 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '18 at 15:01
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 186 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 621 60% 496 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 151 Parallax 139 109% 141 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 138 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 407 393 408 390 398 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 461 Mixed 350 SusWrite 402 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 46.8 163% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 243 211% 313 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 14GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 481 Write 470 Mixed 394 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 56.7 189% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 355 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 176 177 176 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 153 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 176 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 162GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 132 133 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 120 Write 122 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 132 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 122 124 124 121 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 51.5 Write 93 Mixed 66 SusWrite 121 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB M378A5143DB0-CPB 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 35.1 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 20 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 99%

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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	811x
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	173x
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
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	134x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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