Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	109% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '20 at 17:00
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 above expectations (66^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 625 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6255) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Lighting 38.2 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 30.5 31% 33.5 fps	MRender 37.7 Gravity 39 Splatting 37.1 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 451 456 456 444 435 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 450 Mixed 403 SusWrite 451 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 45.5 151% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 518GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 133 134 137 135 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 142 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 135 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 108%
WD My Book Essentials 2TB 1,714 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1TB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 37.1 Write 36 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 37.3 47% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 CT8G4DFS824A.M8FH3 CT8G4DFS824A.M8FH3 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 34.7 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 96%

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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	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 $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