Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 00:49
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 226 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 687 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 873 54% 873 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.5% Very good	Lighting 91.3 Reflection 107 Parallax 98.2 74% 98.7 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 93 Splatting 82.5 72% 88.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 891GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8059 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 594 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 143 (A3) Unknown 100 100 56 (A4) Unknown 100 100 108316 (A5) Unknown 100 100 163 (A6) Unknown 100 100 15 (A7) Unknown 100 100 53 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 96 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5 (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 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1181671 (F2) Unknown 100 100 660284 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1733056	81.4% Excellent	Read 510 Write 384 Mixed 442 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 29.8 92% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 67.9 86% 152 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 105%
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 512GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT07D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1261 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 82 82 209 (B2) Unknown 100 1 0 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B4) Unknown 100 1 8795 (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 127246361990 (F2) Unknown 99 99 67358938661	53.4% Above average	Read 504 Write 134 Mixed 252 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 14.4 72% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 38.3 43% 67.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.4% 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 (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 176 7291 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6202 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1269 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 108615 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 37 (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 97 97 2909 (F1) Unknown 200 200 53155729463 (F2) Unknown 200 200 141318622532	82.8% Excellent	Read 144 Write 144 Mixed 130 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.27 91% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$39 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01AX1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 156 6825 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2176 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1313 (B7) Unknown 51 51 49 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 500 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1872 (C2) HDA temperature 109 97 41 (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	75% Very good	Read 133 Write 128 Mixed 123 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.24 97% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 329GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227385808 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5736 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 53 53 425226276584 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1982 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 62 42 28016862691366 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 502 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 247101 (C2) HDA temperature 38 58 -140737488355290 (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 100 253 42850888724335 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38615869686 (F2) Unknown 100 253 67834240997	18.4% Very poor	Read 38.6 Write 25.2 Mixed 39.6 26% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.36 76% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 4x8GB 671 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 40.3 120% 41.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 21 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Area-51 R2 Builds (Compare 1,497 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	802x
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	172x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	132x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	129x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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