Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	161% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FRTKJ
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 02:51
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 978 88% 743 Pts	64-Core 1334 83% 1334 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 141 Parallax 125 157% 153 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 608GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2247 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 293 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 89 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11514588958	107% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 500 Mixed 516 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 41.1 131% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 174 173% 276 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 792 Write 987 Mixed 913 202% 897 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 36.2 170% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 411 DQ Write 420 DQ Mixed 189 204% 340 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 230%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2250 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 359 (B1) Unknown 99 99 34 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 135 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8532835841	102% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 499 Mixed 510 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 36 123% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 160 156% 246 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 860GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 136 136 17199399172 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 578 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 296 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4506 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 188979937315 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 342 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3803369722 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3535796972	93.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 157 Mixed 156 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.18 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 1,060 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 35 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	807x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
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	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	130x
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 $273	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