Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	326% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	21.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '19 at 10:10
Run Duration	335 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 710 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 1,122 69% 1,122 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 8675) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 182 Parallax 189 140% 181 fps	MRender 219 Gravity 179 Splatting 118 135% 172 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 90GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 403 391 389 387 382 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 374 Write 384 Mixed 230 SusWrite 393 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 28.7 95% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 80 DQ Write 47.3 DQ Mixed 57.8 45% 61.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 107%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 693GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2039 2058 2048 2091 2091 2114 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,349 Write 2,148 Mixed 1,192 SusWrite 2,074 436% 1,941 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 61.9 228% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 955 DQ Write 635 DQ Mixed 851 620% 813 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 425%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 477 Write 420 Mixed 118 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 32.2 106% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 90.4 DQ Mixed 241 166% 211 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 95%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 178 0 193 0 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 61% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 267GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 179 178 179 179 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 138 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 178 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.4 424% 3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 4x8GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 47.6 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 42.2 127% 44.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 20.9 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 111%

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Workstation 72%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	802x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	248x
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	172x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	131x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	129x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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