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 (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	12.7 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	20141001
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 02:54
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 219 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 784 74% 616 Pts	64-Core 1143 71% 1143 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4927 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 287978 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1824 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1285705 (F2) Unknown 100 100 298481	65.6% Good	Read 452 Write 399 Mixed 426 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 24.3 4K Mixed 9.97 51% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 9.48 56% 127 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 103%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 173 7908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 293 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 194822 (C2) HDA temperature 130 110 22 (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 98 98 1590 (F1) Unknown 200 200 2133763520 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6881843776	57.1% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 103 Mixed 123 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.27 83% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 87%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 700GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 37.1 Mixed 19.2 38% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.45 71% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB 1,582 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 34.3 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 101%

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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 $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