Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	18.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 00:51
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 668 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 150 Parallax 131 143% 152 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 135 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 2.5 7MM 128GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20100P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2639 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 797 (64) Unknown 100 100 1281858 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 31 (B2) Unknown 100 100 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 90 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1878 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 0 64426868768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3789 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1202 (F2) Unknown 100 100 671 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 11	59% Above average	Read 512 Write 201 Mixed 283 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 11.1 77% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 10.4 31% 63.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 710GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 100 85513880 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3128 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 61 4231310 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 845 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 739704865 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4969 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 85899345953 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 8 85513880 (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 64750926958374 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3964323391 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3575995806	74% Very good	Read 132 Write 126 Mixed 119 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 75%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 597GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21493907747 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1819 (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 2945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 809 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2664 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2664 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 193274576929 (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 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 2365 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18443078632 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10706824102	82% Excellent	Read 153 Write 133 Mixed 117 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.19 101% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 33.7 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	803x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 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 $130Bench 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) $30	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