Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	317% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	57.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '20 at 05:37
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 88.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 288 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 1,096 98% 828 Pts	64-Core 1,444 89% 1,444 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 205 Reflection 180 Parallax 163 167% 183 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 157 Splatting 109 102% 127 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 954GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 508 510 509 508 510 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2310 2272 2278 1909 1523 1602 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	317% Outstanding	Read 1,928 Write 1,806 Mixed 1,509 SusWrite 1,982 407% 1,806 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 84.5 266% 95.1 MB/s	DQ Read 944 DQ Write 658 DQ Mixed 873 632% 825 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 317% Great: 435%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 931GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 477 477 470 461 462 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 153 Mixed 224 SusWrite 468 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 39.2 146% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 182 158% 241 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 126%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 561GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 130 133 133 133 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 132 Mixed 20 SusWrite 132 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6JJR8N-VK 4x16GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 52.6 MC Write 54.8 MC Mixed 43.5 144% 50.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	802x
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	172x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	132x
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