Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 12:00
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 652 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Nvidia(10DE 105A) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.6% Average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 47 Parallax 61.7 38% 51.9 fps	MRender 64.1 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 45.3 45% 56.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 441 424 429 350 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 437 Mixed 417 SusWrite 380 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 49.5 169% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 275 227% 327 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 123%
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 109GB free Firmware: EXT08D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 113 107 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 467 Write 123 Mixed 142 SusWrite 113 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 19.4 88% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 55.5 88% 175 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 182 186 187 186 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 169 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 186 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB 1,582 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 36.4 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 22.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	802x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	198x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	172x
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	133x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	129x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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