Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	93.2% 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

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

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '20 at 20:11
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 726 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 971 60% 971 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 148 Parallax 157 125% 152 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 112% 141 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.7% Above average	Lighting 75 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 77.5 61% 77.4 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 63.3 57% 70.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_5100_MTFDDAK960TCB 960GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 717GB free (System drive) Firmware: D0MU027 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 467 471 473 464 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 454 Mixed 328 SusWrite 467 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 27.2 114% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 276 209% 277 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 104%
Seagate ST2000NM0125-1YZ104 2TB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 2.5TB free Firmware: SN05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 201 200 198 201 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 178 Mixed 92.6 SusWrite 199 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.1 256% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2200, 2200, 2200, 2200 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 37.1 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 22.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	821x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	253x
Core i7-5930KIntel $143Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	205x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	225x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	177x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	73x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	139x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	136x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	132x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $325

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Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363