Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	10.7 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	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 02:37
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 202 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 607 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

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: 382.53 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.3% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 71.3 62% 75.7 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 63.4 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon LCH-128V2S-11 2.5 7mm 128GB 1,579 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 42GB free Firmware: FC7110A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 643 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 918 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 87 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 151 (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 229469 (F2) Unknown 100 100 223348	68.8% Good	Read 516 Write 148 Mixed 230 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 27.7 101% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 59.2 77% 139 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 84%
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 369 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 51 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2215 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4818759122 (F2) Unknown 99 99 4654824475	46.4% Average	Read 493 Write 43 Mixed 64.4 42% 200 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 7.35 60% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 47.9 DQ Mixed 24.1 53% 116 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 133 133 21492859174 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 880 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2665 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2665 (C2) HDA temperature 122 122 197569019949 (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 2078 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19298362946 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14520318552	99.8% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 183 Mixed 169 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.25 109% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 134 134 21492793637 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 481 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 762 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4535 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4535 (C2) HDA temperature 125 125 188979216428 (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 100 100 496 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4814155156 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1264835594	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 186 Mixed 156 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.2 107% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB 1,582 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 35.5 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 20 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 101%

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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 $274	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 $176	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