Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	42.7% 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '19 at 22:38
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 231 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 715 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 169 Parallax 170 141% 171 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 147 Splatting 107 115% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hyundai 480G 480GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0222A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 58 74 73 70 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 470 Write 423 Mixed 26 SusWrite 120 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 1.3 44% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 17.7 DQ Mixed 23.2 38% 79.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 103%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 165 164 166 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 159 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 165 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 100%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 66GB free Firmware: GM3OA57A SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 59 61 60 60 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 52 Write 51 Mixed 31 SusWrite 60.2 36% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 46%
Asmt ASMT105 750GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 320GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 91 91 91 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 80.5 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 90.4 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 35.4 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 21 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 102%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	808x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	199x

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	132x
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 $269	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 $40	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