Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.54% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160608
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 22:44
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	83%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 144 60% 98.9 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 589 51% 438 Pts	64-Core 848 52% 848 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.54% Terrible	Lighting 8.67 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 8.22 7% 10.2 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 10.3 8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 7.54% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 182GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169896 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 575 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3281 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3281 (C2) HDA temperature 141 141 188979740711 (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 4283 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19611253784 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20814777843	65.6% Good	Read 103 Write 125 Mixed 135 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 108%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 128GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4216 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 575 (64) Unknown 100 100 13228640 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 63 63 402 (B2) Unknown 100 100 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 110 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2530 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 0 77312098336 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 79 1 11664 (E7) Temperature 63 63 38 (EA) Unknown 100 100 108682303552 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16053505258 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22334928579 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4584910
Poor: 41% Great: 93%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 12TB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 10TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 264 Write 175 Mixed 170 243% 203 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.28 33% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 108%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 95.2 Write 97.2 Mixed 92.9 123% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.56 86% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 41 121% 42.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	814x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	250x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	174x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
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	135x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	134x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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