Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141001
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 20:30
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 648 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.3% 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 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.1% Above average	Lighting 74.7 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 69.2 61% 73.9 fps	MRender 76.2 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 61.8 56% 68.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 82 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 28 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 61 61 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1099225308
Poor: 79% Great: 133%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 417GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 146 9500 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 471 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 206477 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.5% Below average	Read 67.7 Write 69.6 Mixed 70.6 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.46 113% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 60%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 147GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21493907748 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 924 (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 2737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 898 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2827 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2827 (C2) HDA temperature 141 141 180389478439 (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 2655 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14009000362 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17317259361	59.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 94.4 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.4% 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)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 32.9 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 101%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	802x
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	172x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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