Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.4% 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	77.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160427
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 02:23
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 219 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 663 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 830 51% 830 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 137 Parallax 123 101% 128 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 124 Splatting 101 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^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 45 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 483 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65539 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 63 62 163210133541 (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 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 320 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 305 (F2) Unknown 100 100 87 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 3 (F6) Unknown 100 100 83776	77.6% Very good	Read 508 Write 492 Mixed 508 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 12.3 58% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 61.9 91% 170 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 111%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 71744624 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 57142 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 59 639107110 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 103 (C2) HDA temperature 38 41 94489280550 (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 76832669958219 (F1) Unknown 100 253 106791405 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30220745	113% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 198 Mixed 158 137% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.83 223% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 212 212 21485125833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1792 (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 99 99 9251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1721 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3793 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3793 (C2) HDA temperature 137 137 206159609896 (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 99 99 9170 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12640914701 (F2) Unknown 100 100 47266947418	100% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 170 Mixed 155 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.21 91% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%

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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 33 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 101%

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Gaming 82%

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Desktop 81%

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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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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