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 as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	51.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 18:22
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 740 72% 592 Pts	64-Core 911 56% 911 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Nvidia(10DE 1033) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1049 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 99 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2207 (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 15697390353 (F2) Unknown 99 99 15159090949	51.3% Above average	Read 499 Write 97.8 Mixed 156 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 11.4 80% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 77.2 DQ Mixed 12.1 21% 38.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 718GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 130 130 25788416300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1096 (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 4782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1051 (C0) Power-off retract count 68 68 39203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 39203 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 193274576919 (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 3060 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13442703550 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14529340747	65.7% Good	Read 119 Write 110 Mixed 125 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.08 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 4x8GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 40.9 121% 42.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 21.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% 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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Value: 69% - Good

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 $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