Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65% 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 09:19
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 702 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.4% 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: 384.94 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.4% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 71.1 62% 75.6 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 63.4 57% 70.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 231GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2431 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1337 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 66 45 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2575408720	98.5% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 407 Mixed 422 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 35.8 128% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 109 135% 243 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 124%
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 141 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 383 (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 3350505395 (F2) Unknown 99 99 2174931958	65% Good	Read 499 Write 147 Mixed 222 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 22.5 84% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 75.7 98% 181 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 4x8GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 41 121% 42.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%

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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