Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.3% 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	61.2% 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 00:58
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 727 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 895 55% 895 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 111 Parallax 92.9 81% 101 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 87.6 Splatting 95.2 76% 91.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

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 (20^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 100 100 595 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 143 (A3) Unknown 100 100 56 (A4) Unknown 100 100 108324 (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 1181770 (F2) Unknown 100 100 660360 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1733184	77.1% Very good	Read 510 Write 386 Mixed 441 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 27.7 84% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 67.2 73% 119 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.1% 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 below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1262 (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 127252675178 (F2) Unknown 99 99 67367617174	61.2% Good	Read 507 Write 189 Mixed 259 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 14.5 67% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 41 77% 156 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.2% 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 6203 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1270 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 108620 (C2) HDA temperature 114 108 38 (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 53158199255 (F2) Unknown 200 200 141319860065	83.1% Excellent	Read 144 Write 146 Mixed 135 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.27 100% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$74 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01AX1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 156 6866 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2177 (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 1314 (B7) Unknown 51 51 49 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 500 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1873 (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	78.2% Very good	Read 144 Write 128 Mixed 126 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.3 104% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 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 228718232 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5737 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 53 53 425226283333 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1983 (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 60 42 28016745316392 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 502 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 247107 (C2) HDA temperature 40 58 -140737488355288 (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 134853383171951 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38617421798 (F2) Unknown 100 253 67834554604	18.7% Very poor	Read 37 Write 27.9 Mixed 34.6 25% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.34 72% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 18.7% 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)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 40.9 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 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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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 $40	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