Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	57.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '18 at 21:45
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 230 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 698 65% 542 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2795 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 205 Parallax 190 159% 197 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 191 Splatting 132 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC210 2.5 7MM 128GB 978 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20001L00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 86 80 78 76 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 473 Write 104 Mixed 150 SusWrite 83.9 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 21.5 82% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 144 120% 178 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 73%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 90GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 374 305 147 144 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 450 Write 384 Mixed 384 SusWrite 243 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 35.8 128% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 305 217% 275 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 95%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 341GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 437 444 456 457 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 473 Mixed 432 SusWrite 420 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 47.2 157% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 355 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 128%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 375GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 116 111 116 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 19.2 Write 49 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 113 35% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 40% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 35.9 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 99%

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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	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 $273	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 $177	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