Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	77.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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 0XJKKD
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '18 at 14:56
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 821 81% 660 Pts	64-Core 992 61% 992 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 117 Parallax 101 115% 120 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 101 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 256GB-$150 2,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 238GB free Firmware: 2.0. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 313 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 582 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 394 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 26 (E8) Unknown 96 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 83 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2669472715 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3788578943	51.6% Above average	Read 461 Write 333 Mixed 328 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 11.3 4K Mixed 6.32 41% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 6.61 9% 18.3 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 164GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7463 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4016 (B1) Unknown 98 98 56 (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 71 51 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1789 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13754621052	97% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 501 Mixed 468 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 26.7 125% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 69.2 81% 145 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 116%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6444 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3868 (B1) Unknown 96 96 135 (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 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1706 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16111051263	77.5% Very good	Read 511 Write 358 Mixed 368 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 22.2 95% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 66.2 DQ Mixed 61.8 68% 119 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 86%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 590GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44897920 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 476 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2714080 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 343 (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 66 62 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1489 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 68719476770 (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 70527657967889 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3831956422 (F2) Unknown 100 253 220921771367	73.3% Very good	Read 102 Write 153 Mixed 138 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.81 222% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$98 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 39.3 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 23.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	807x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 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 $274	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 $183	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