Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.1% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '17 at 15:00
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 224 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 645 62% 511 Pts	64-Core 855 53% 855 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.8% 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: 378.92 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.4% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 71.2 62% 75.9 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 63.4 56% 69.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 617 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 84 84 189 (B2) Unknown 100 1 0 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2193 (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 26420233391 (F2) Unknown 99 99 13843447149	48.1% Average	Read 437 Write 51.5 Mixed 96.8 42% 195 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 9.69 66% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 66.5 DQ Mixed 23.8 60% 134 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 141 141 17199202545 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 736 (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 99 99 7819 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (C0) Power-off retract count 73 73 32659 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 32659 (C2) HDA temperature 152 152 180389740580 (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 6224 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4372173374 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7546331579	98.4% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 172 Mixed 159 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6MFR8N-TF 4x4GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 33.3 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 100%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	809x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	199x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	173x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x

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	132x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $395

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16