Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	95.6% 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

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

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '19 at 16:47
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 718 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 931 58% 931 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3530 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 132 Parallax 138 115% 137 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 135 Splatting 108 112% 142 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 405 411 409 411 384 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 389 Mixed 413 SusWrite 406 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 38.1 141% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 150 119% 170 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 125%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 559GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 134 132 134 132 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 128 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 132 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 108%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 105GB free Firmware: CC3H SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 57 56 56 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 93.7 Write 87.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 56.2 54% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 775GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 143 143 143 142 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 139 Write 114 Mixed 81 SusWrite 141 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 113%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 2TB 858 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 96 96 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 54 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 95.7 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 109%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 1TB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 615GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 82 83 83 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 79.8 Write 80.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 82.5 56% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 101%
WDC WD50 00AACS-00G8B0 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 64GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 37 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 4.7 33% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 21%
WDC WD10 01FALS-00J7B1 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 931GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 38 38 38 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 38.2 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 37.4 52% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 122% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 4x4GB 1,465 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 35.6 110% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 21.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	813x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	250x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	174x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	134x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	134x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16