Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	85.9% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FRTKJ
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 09:23
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 856 78% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,206 75% 1,206 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.3% 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 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 144 Parallax 137 148% 154 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-CE512-11 SATA 512GB 772 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: TC9110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 891 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2624 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13946662689 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18362097753	85.9% Excellent	Read 521 Write 502 Mixed 143 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 31.7 4K Mixed 35.2 83% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 38.7 64% 116 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 101%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$120 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB 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 177 172 8141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 504 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 502 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82777 (C2) HDA temperature 119 110 33 (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 99 99 1221 (F1) Unknown 200 200 19387344239 (F2) Unknown 200 200 10443319750	74.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 130 Mixed 118 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 4x8GB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 48.6 MC Write 50.6 MC Mixed 43.1 136% 47.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.9 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 118%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	817x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	252x
Core i7-5930KIntel $143Bench 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	137x
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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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