Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	79.8% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FRTKJ
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 17:47
Run Duration	387 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 802 78% 640 Pts	64-Core 1019 63% 1019 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 195 Parallax 195 148% 190 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 175 Splatting 126 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-CE128-11 SATA 128GB 643 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: TC7110B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2939 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1192 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 915349 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 100 100 672 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 61 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 355 (EE) Unknown 66 100 34 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11121 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13265	79.8% Very good	Read 519 Write 366 Mixed 410 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 19.4 88% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 35.5 80% 166 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94957328 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 40 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1644558 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 640024614 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 597 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 64424509478 (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 100 253 40054865002568 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2259213195 (F2) Unknown 100 253 900661951	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 181 Mixed 179 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.19 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 6GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 16.7 Write 3.15 Mixed 5.62 8% 8.48 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 1.56 146% 3.09 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 13%

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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 50.7 MC Mixed 40.7 126% 44.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%

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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	251x
Core i7-5930KIntel $599Bench 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	136x
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 $176	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