Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '20 at 18:30
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 739 69% 573 Pts	64-Core 986 61% 986 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 170 Parallax 175 146% 174 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 153 Splatting 126 123% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 140 150 154 153 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 434 Write 177 Mixed 169 SusWrite 150 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 24.9 94% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 59.6 75% 134 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 90%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 426GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 319 226 176 172 174 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 476 Write 439 Mixed 358 SusWrite 232 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 28.4 92% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 100 116% 194 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 101%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 91 90 91 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 130 Write 114 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 90.6 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 87%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 166 169 169 171 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 165 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 166 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 4x8GB 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 50.4 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 42.7 130% 45.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%

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Workstation 72%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	807x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 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	173x
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	134x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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