Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	68.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 20:55
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing way below expectations (9^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 1.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	58.9% Above average	Memory 91.8 1-Core 35.8 2-Core 75.9 47% 67.8 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 277 25% 210 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.7% Good	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 138 56% 98.6 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 124 Splatting 108 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1847 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 62 62 460 (B2) Unknown 100 1 0 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2197 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 57829082139 (F2) Unknown 99 99 96324458980	37% Below average	Read 473 Write 35.1 Mixed 73.8 41% 194 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 24.4 4K Mixed 8.83 50% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 15.1 DQ Write 38.6 DQ Mixed 12.4 14% 22 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 76GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 134 134 17198678293 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1942 (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 12251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1842 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2965 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2965 (C2) HDA temperature 144 144 201864577062 (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 12166 (F1) Unknown 100 100 26356546841 (F2) Unknown 100 100 96965521295	72.2% Very good	Read 142 Write 110 Mixed 131 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 2x4GB 2,652 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 20 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 77%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $179	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