Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 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	60.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '17 at 21:09
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 884 79% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,459 90% 1,459 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 100%

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: 385.41 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 138 Parallax 121 113% 133 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 123 Splatting 103 91% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871a 2.5 7mm 512GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV02D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 37 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 33 (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 1633 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 63 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 625305124 (F2) Unknown 99 99 441912761	75.6% Very good	Read 505 Write 492 Mixed 509 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 18.7 80% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 35.6 DQ Mixed 12.3 14% 23.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 126%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 218 189 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 33 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 254 (C2) HDA temperature 117 114 33 (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 4 (F1) Unknown 200 200 109928932 (F2) Unknown 200 200 21975541	91.5% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 161 Mixed 157 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.25 118% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 214 182 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 33 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 237 (C2) HDA temperature 115 112 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 3 (F1) Unknown 200 200 14336710 (F2) Unknown 200 200 22474000	93.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 159 Mixed 159 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.19 110% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 219 193 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 33 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 236 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 34 (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 4 (F1) Unknown 200 200 14427984 (F2) Unknown 200 200 21526835	101% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 164 Mixed 150 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.26 116% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 53.1 MC Write 51.2 MC Mixed 43.4 141% 49.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 119%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $74Bench 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