Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	99.4% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '20 at 16:38
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 872 74% 639 Pts	64-Core 1,425 88% 1,425 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 100%

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: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 141 Parallax 126 154% 152 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 1100 SATA 512GB 5,508 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0DL002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 462 460 468 466 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 468 Mixed 379 SusWrite 456 97% 428 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 37 131% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 328 247% 331 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 100%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 125 128 128 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 130 Write 135 Mixed 89 SusWrite 127 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 147 146 146 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 145 Write 137 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 146 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 52GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 30 30 29 30 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 32 Write 29.3 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 29.5 40% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.7 110% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 50.8 MC Write 50.1 MC Mixed 42.6 137% 47.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 115%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	810x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	201x

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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	134x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	133x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16