Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.9% 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)
Boot Drive	56.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150713
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '16 at 03:23
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 659 65% 533 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.9% 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 Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.9% Above average	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 69.4 62% 74.9 fps	MRender 76.7 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 63.2 56% 69.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT07D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 655 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 84 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2189 (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 13403492187 (F2) Unknown 99 99 12026867154	56.1% Above average	Read 496 Write 135 Mixed 210 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 13.2 76% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 32.8 52% 99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 95GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 75 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21493711136 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1037 (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 1517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 655 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2933 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2933 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 188979544092 (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 1112 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17738676644 (F2) Unknown 100 100 29203803860	78% Very good	Read 111 Write 161 Mixed 131 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 108%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 57GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 244 Write 104 Mixed 105 166% 151 MB/s	4K Read 7.85 4K Write 8.61 4K Mixed 4.34 470% 6.93 MB/s	DQ Read 9.32 DQ Write 8.82 DQ Mixed 3.95 469% 7.36 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 111%

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 (55^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 33.4 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 101%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	810x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	200x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	173x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x

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	133x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16