Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	105% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	7.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 16:56
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 190 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 638 61% 502 Pts	64-Core 847 52% 847 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MK0480GFDKR 480GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 447GB free Firmware: HPG0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9779 (AD) Unknown 97 97 991 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 200 200 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 46 39 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0	111% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 489 Mixed 385 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 49.3 164% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 110 112% 181 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1559 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 943 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 63 45 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13738600250	105% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 478 Mixed 503 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 36.7 139% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 107 126% 219 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 148 8850 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7227 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42828 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 124153 (C2) HDA temperature 122 105 30 (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	65.2% Good	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 115 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.23 102% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01D03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 110 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 67 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 2367268 (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 25	85.1% Excellent	Read 156 Write 140 Mixed 11.2 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 3.15 4K Mixed 0.51 164% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 148 8891 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7204 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 124464 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 33 (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	60.5% Good	Read 112 Write 99.2 Mixed 103 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.21 87% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 3x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 36 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 28.5 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 19.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 86%

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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	133x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	129x

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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