Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% 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	145% 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	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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FRTKJ
Memory	35.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	33.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '20 at 11:20
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 107 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 88.6 2-Core 176 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 682 60% 509 Pts	64-Core 1,944 120% 1,944 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 5390) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 182 Parallax 188 114% 170 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 176 Splatting 118 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 303 302 311 303 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,592 Write 370 Mixed 548 SusWrite 304 153% 704 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 53.6 182% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 72 72% 110 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 353%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 14GB free Firmware: UF300000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 442 Write 337 Mixed 282 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 15.5 70% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 6.2 DQ Mixed 19.4 13% 16.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 55%
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 18GB free Firmware: S8FM07.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 291 193 16 15 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 487 Write 291 Mixed 214 SusWrite 138 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 18.6 83% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 20.4 DQ Write 72.4 DQ Mixed 19.3 23% 37.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 444GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 124 123 124 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 181 Write 142 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 124 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 113%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 152GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 69 68 69 69 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 75 Write 45.3 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 67.7 43% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 66GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 92 92 93 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 60.8 Write 62.5 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 91.8 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.C16FD 2x16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	MC Read 61.5 MC Write 54.7 MC Mixed 43.9 152% 53.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 15.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 131%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	810x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	200x

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 $130Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16