Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '20 at 01:45
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 241 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 752 73% 599 Pts	64-Core 932 58% 932 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 145 Parallax 125 108% 134 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 195 202 203 201 202 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 327 Write 236 Mixed 248 SusWrite 201 57% 253 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 28.5 102% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 143 134% 209 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 93%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 189 191 193 189 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 184 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 191 104% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1B1 4x4GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 44.9 MC Mixed 35.9 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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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	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 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 $75Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16