Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.4% 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	72.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170320
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 22:19
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 642 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.9% 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: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 101 Reflection 104 Parallax 94 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 2.5 7MM 512GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20100P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^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 96 96 3938 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1500 (64) Unknown 100 100 7665889 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 72 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 56 (B2) Unknown 100 100 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 314 (B4) Unknown 100 100 8518 (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 26 0 60132294682 (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 29015 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9540 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8560 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 749	72.2% Very good	Read 512 Write 456 Mixed 488 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 11.6 59% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 20 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 12.2 49% 99.9 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 101%
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 above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 177 7825 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1609 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3963 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1501 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 133 133 202305 (C2) HDA temperature 125 109 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 1377 (F1) Unknown 200 200 13922131856 (F2) Unknown 200 200 22133250340	80.1% Excellent	Read 135 Write 144 Mixed 132 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: 040B Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 112 Write 138 Mixed 82.1 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 5.04 4K Mixed 0.15 132% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 821GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 93 6848720 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3782 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 563692241 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3507 (B7) Unknown 85 85 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 142 (BC) Unknown 100 97 17180131357 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 471269404 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 22 6848720 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -43735651952193 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1745474142 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1019395351	26.6% Poor	Read 59.5 Write 33.3 Mixed 28.7 30% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.009 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.008 1% 0.008 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 68%
SAMSUNG HM500JI 500GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 287GB free, PID 047a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 20%

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 (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 40.5 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 21 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%

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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 $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