Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	102% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160608
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 00:40
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 702 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 895 55% 895 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6391 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 478 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (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 61 46 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17518286556	102% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 404 Mixed 414 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 36 141% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 107 132% 236 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
SK hynix SC300 2.5 7MM 128GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 34GB free Firmware: 20100P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6045 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (64) Unknown 100 100 523413 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B2) Unknown 100 100 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 38 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1930 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 0 5046307 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 656 (F1) Unknown 100 100 565 (F2) Unknown 100 100 644 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 100 0	69.3% Good	Read 520 Write 156 Mixed 274 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 18.7 95% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 43.2 87% 178 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128750120 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 769 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6808565 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 50 722862122 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19725 (C2) HDA temperature 42 50 73014444074 (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 100 253 82484846920476 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2026399238 (F2) Unknown 100 253 104967801104	97.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 176 Mixed 160 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 3TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 659GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219421240 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1169 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 632834 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 672530471 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8128 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 73014444071 (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 100 253 4063039062710 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9517890509 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10272555414	78.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 133 Mixed 121 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 103%

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 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 35.3 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 21.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 102%

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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 $178	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