Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141001
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 16:50
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 202 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 663 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 22.9 Parallax 18.6 16% 20.4 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 25.9 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC210 2.5 7MM 128GB 978 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20001L00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1926 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 676 (64) Unknown 100 100 3656031 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 108 (B2) Unknown 100 100 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 29 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1971 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 38 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 0 77311901726 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 99 328573403 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13749 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11207 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5953 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 108	49.6% Average	Read 410 Write 172 Mixed 234 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 9.12 54% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 49.6 67% 123 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21493645607 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 825 (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 100 100 1938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 678 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3231 (C2) HDA temperature 137 137 184684838952 (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 100 100 1777 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1703646509 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1089237049	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 182 Mixed 171 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.24 104% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 107% 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)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 32.8 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 101%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	801x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	248x
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	131x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	129x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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