Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	141% 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	89.7% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '21 at 01:58
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 618 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3903) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3617 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 201 Reflection 184 Parallax 179 164% 188 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 149 Splatting 127 125% 157 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 404 418 422 422 429 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 465 Write 427 Mixed 255 SusWrite 417 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 28 97% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 273 225% 324 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 119%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 180 182 181 185 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 184 Write 146 Mixed 96 SusWrite 182 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 0.8 10% 3.93 MB/s	DQ Read 0.6 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 1.1 2% 4.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 7EH74AA# 2x8GB 279 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 21.3 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 103%

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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: 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	9	7	60	21.5"	1280 720	SAM0C2D S22E310

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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 $269	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 $45	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