Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	85.7% 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160608
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 21:07
Run Duration	763 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 801 75% 625 Pts	64-Core 1,201 74% 1,201 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 94%

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 Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 142 Parallax 137 159% 158 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 117 Splatting 105 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC308 SATA 512GB 1,969 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 589 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (64) Unknown 100 100 6642465 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 49 (B2) Unknown 100 100 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 492 (B4) Unknown 100 100 10516 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 0 81607196705 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 86 10 2782 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4 (EA) Unknown 100 100 52792928384 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4854291308 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3946422324 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 797278	85.7% Excellent	Read 517 Write 407 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 14 87% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 19.5 101% 230 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 98%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 181 7908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 129 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10037 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 37 (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 97 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1243705562 (F2) Unknown 200 200 522012053	67.1% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 115 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.26 98% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 87%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	8.74% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 4.75 Mixed 7.93 12% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.98 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 1.41 105% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.74% Great: 17%

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 (96^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 50.5 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 42.4 130% 45.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 22.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	811x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	250x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	202x

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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	134x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	134x
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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16