Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.5% 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	68.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 14:20
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 700 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 881 54% 881 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.5% Above average	Lighting 73.1 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 67.9 60% 72 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 60.3 54% 66.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 149GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4669 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 520 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 56 50 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5373920148	79.2% Very good	Read 496 Write 307 Mixed 360 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 21.5 94% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 35.4 91% 197 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 126%
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 538 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 48486 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1568 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 292026 (F2) Unknown 100 100 288798	68.5% Good	Read 471 Write 418 Mixed 444 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 12.3 65% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 10.6 39% 79.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 103%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 172 7041 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1002 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 540 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 47261 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2322 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8887498276 (F2) Unknown 200 200 19311699923	80% Very good	Read 143 Write 136 Mixed 124 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 328GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 37 Write 37.1 Mixed 30.9 45% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 251GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 29.8 Mixed 6.04 27% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.11 44% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.4% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 22.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 102%

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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	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