Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 06:52
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	23%

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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 i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 698 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 5182) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 143 Parallax 138 94% 132 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 137 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 136 136 21493252371 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 87 (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 100 100 312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 80 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 886 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 886 (C2) HDA temperature 148 148 171799609381 (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 100 100 229 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4702461999 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4320583900	108% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 179 Mixed 153 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.21 109% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 128GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30001P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 305 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (64) Unknown 100 100 624924 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (B2) Unknown 100 100 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 80 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2560 (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 31 0 60132360223 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 99 1 4085 (E7) Temperature 253 253 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5066627392 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2097598234 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2071459327 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 846161
Poor: 41% Great: 93%
Kingston DataTraveler 101 G2 USB 2.0 4GB-$15 1,780 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1642 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	5.34% Terrible	Read 23.1 Write 5.5 Mixed 8.62 13% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.14 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 13% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.34% Great: 7%

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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 45 MC Mixed 35.1 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

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Workstation 72%

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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 $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