Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	87.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	58.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '17 at 20:36
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 902 80% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,193 74% 1,193 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 143 Parallax 134 122% 142 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 124 Splatting 106 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-CE512-11 SATA 512GB 772 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: TC9110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1920 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1497120749 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2364971295	87.5% Excellent	Read 508 Write 488 Mixed 501 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 28 92% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 90.1 98% 160 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 101%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$120 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 8191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 102 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19863 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 127 (F1) Unknown 200 200 567277218 (F2) Unknown 200 200 577827440	81% Excellent	Read 128 Write 155 Mixed 139 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 634GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 95.5 Write 99.8 Mixed 78.2 116% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 4x16GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 48.6 MC Write 49.7 MC Mixed 41.9 134% 46.7 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 119%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	816x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	251x
Core i7-5930KIntel $599Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	205x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	175x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	73x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	136x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	135x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	132x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16