Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% 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	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	11.7 Days
Run Date	May 02 '17 at 23:43
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 206 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 902 84% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,337 83% 1,337 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.9% 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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 143 Parallax 128 135% 145 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 1100 SATA 256GB 16,265 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0DL002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2531 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 59 176094642214 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 99 99 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2040 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 0 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4959068065 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2348928255 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0	77% Very good	Read 484 Write 471 Mixed 479 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 20.2 4K Mixed 23.2 60% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 57.1 86% 161 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 94%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 180 7825 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 24 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2529 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 42865 (C2) HDA temperature 114 110 38 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 658 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9710639996 (F2) Unknown 200 200 4711414401	59.2% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 114 Mixed 110 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 49 MC Write 50.3 MC Mixed 42.3 135% 47.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 20.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 115%

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Workstation 72%

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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16