Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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	59.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	127% 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	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.

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

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '19 at 10:12
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 112 2-Core 212 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 662 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 868 54% 868 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1625 MHz, MLim: 1918 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 68.3 61% 72.9 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 60.1 56% 69.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLW128HEGR-000MV 128GB 706 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB72M0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 161 160 158 158 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 1,312 Write 170 Mixed 229 SusWrite 158 100% 467 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 32.1 164% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 539 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 248 210% 318 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 127%
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 8GB free Firmware: 04TH Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 445 Write 180 Mixed 222 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 14.2 99% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 29.1 72% 155 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 70%
External USB3.0 250GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 170GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 293 293 293 291 293 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 384 Write 394 Mixed 353 SusWrite 305 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 29.9 94% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 144 112% 154 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 21.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 21 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 81%

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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	201x

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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $290	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16