Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.8% 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	90.5% 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	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	30 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 16:16
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 781 69% 586 Pts	64-Core 1,047 65% 1,047 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan Z (SLI Disabled) 571 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1078) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 58.4 Parallax 71.2 123% 93.6 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 56.8 Splatting 43.3 45% 57.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 75%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 443GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 140 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 65 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 63 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1875604601	90.5% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 495 Mixed 508 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 18.2 111% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 15 54% 110 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 124%
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 170GB free Firmware: EXT08D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 942 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 72 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4406 (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 15735813558 (F2) Unknown 99 99 20769823415	55.5% Above average	Read 510 Write 260 Mixed 335 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 12.9 60% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 17.9 DQ Write 37.3 DQ Mixed 9.37 12% 21.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 90%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 77GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U 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 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3153 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1039 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5505177 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 71 59 176094511133 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19341 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12666 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13736 (F4) Unknown 100 100 84 (F5) Unknown 100 100 153 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5780224	83.7% Excellent	Read 520 Write 504 Mixed 510 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 11.9 73% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 8.84 73% 169 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 111%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 64GB 812 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 46GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 131 Write 13.5 Mixed 18.4 46% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.02 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.003 22% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 4x8GB 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 51.2 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 42.1 130% 45.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 21.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%

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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 $15	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