Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78% 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170320
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 15:38
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (80^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 203 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 618 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Dell(1028 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 103 Parallax 102 80% 101 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 79.2 69% 85.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 512GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT07D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 712 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 30 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 1 8828 (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 14363363133 (F2) Unknown 99 99 13109262034	78% Very good	Read 515 Write 306 Mixed 372 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 17.7 92% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 15.2 77% 178 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 96%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 196 194 129 (03) Spinup time 178 174 8075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 596 (05) Reallocated sector count 166 166 1012 (07) Seek error rate 30 1 65835 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3017 (C2) HDA temperature 125 106 27 (C4) Reallocation count 126 1 74 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 65517 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 296 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 291 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 184 (F1) Unknown 200 200 361046798 (F2) Unknown 200 200 222677161	83.8% Excellent	Read 145 Write 147 Mixed 141 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.27 105% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 40.9 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 21.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 115%

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Workstation 72%

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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 $300	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