Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


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 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	84.5% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 18:06
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 188 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 667 64% 530 Pts	64-Core 829 51% 829 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 107 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 77 87% 88.5 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 64 56% 69.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110D 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 100 100 1237 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 394 (AF) Unknown 100 100 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 97766 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1184 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 360479 (F2) Unknown 100 100 289761	84.5% Excellent	Read 470 Write 407 Mixed 436 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 31.2 104% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 83 92% 156 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 103%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 183 7816 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4994 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 63061 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 667 (F1) Unknown 200 200 26550410107 (F2) Unknown 200 200 17924222234	77.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 126 Mixed 118 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.26 90% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 143 3783 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 556 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 553 (C2) HDA temperature 105 98 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 100 100 482 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1177237278 (F2) Unknown 200 200 49094621	63.9% Good	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 108 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.42 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 69%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1.5TB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1.5TB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 83.1 Write 75.4 Mixed 33.3 76% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.18 20% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 33%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 497GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 36.4 Mixed 14.3 34% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.26 75% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 22%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 28GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 36.4 Mixed 32.4 44% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 31.6 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 19.7 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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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