Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	215% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 11:56
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 915 83% 697 Pts	64-Core 1,520 94% 1,520 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan V 869 User benchmarks, average bench 140% Nvidia(10DE 1218) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1912 MHz, MLim: 425 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 196 Parallax 275 145% 216 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 207 Splatting 102 128% 164 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 155%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 617GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 484 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 54 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 70 48 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1933955774	104% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 410 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 44.6 168% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 98.8 92% 135 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$690 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 521GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,371 Write 1,398 Mixed 1,319 305% 1,363 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 54.2 191% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 31.4 114% 241 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 354%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 15GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 235 231 8250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 975 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 914 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 975 (C2) HDA temperature 106 96 44 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.1% Good	Read 112 Write 100 Mixed 102 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.54 136% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB 6,151 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 33.2 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 20.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 143%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	803x
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	172x
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	133x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	129x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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