Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 09G12C
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 22:45
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 796 79% 644 Pts	64-Core 974 60% 974 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 144 Parallax 136 107% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 2.5 7MM 256GB 2,307 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4152012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 896 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 10429 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 46 197569806368 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2267760427536 (EE) Unknown 98 100 16414133 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6743538778 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7716978592	68% Good	Read 473 Write 249 Mixed 321 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 21 70% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 59.7 101% 200 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 71 64 11298615 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 310 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 11869515 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -81479824571522 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (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 65 62 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5111 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 73014444067 (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 -25417616457097 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16322396509 (F2) Unknown 100 253 853615684	92.5% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 175 Mixed 126 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.3 101% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 4x8GB 730 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 47.9 MC Mixed 36.5 117% 41 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 98%

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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