Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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	34.3 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 10:11
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 746 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 991 61% 991 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2866 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 196 Parallax 184 157% 191 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 187 Splatting 133 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BB480G6 480GB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: G2010150 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8753 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1429 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 335 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4298053138 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 66 572588066 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 335 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 768344 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 768344 (F2) Unknown 100 100 813394 (F3) Unknown 100 100 1288115	84.7% Excellent	Read 473 Write 432 Mixed 448 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 20.4 104% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 19.1 64% 137 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 98%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 144 144 17198678254 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1862 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1862 (C2) HDA temperature 141 141 188980068391 (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 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 534 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2338145169 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1375642558	98.4% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 181 Mixed 146 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6MFR8N-TF HMA451U6MFR8N-TF F4-3000C15-16GTZ F4-3000C15-16GTZ 40GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	115% Outstanding	MC Read 46.1 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 44.2 127% 44.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 23.5 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns

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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