Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.2% 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150713
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '16 at 07:51
Run Duration	343 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 665 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 858 53% 858 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Dell(1028 1151) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.2% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 108 Parallax 106 83% 105 fps	MRender 88.7 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 82.7 71% 87.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 2.5 7MM 512GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20100P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th 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 100 100 828 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (64) Unknown 100 100 2084320 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 13 (B2) Unknown 100 100 47 (B3) Unknown 100 100 293 (B4) Unknown 100 100 8539 (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 90197524513 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7181 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1786 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1059 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	75.2% Very good	Read 511 Write 461 Mixed 460 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 18.5 82% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 61.4 DQ Mixed 13 18% 32.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 101%
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 way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 182 182 7858 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 120 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1477 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 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 34 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9178451 (F2) Unknown 200 200 14972941	88% Excellent	Read 154 Write 153 Mixed 128 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 180 7950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 120 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7124 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 38 (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 100 100 230 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1849232345 (F2) Unknown 200 200 64060124	82.7% Excellent	Read 143 Write 146 Mixed 134 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Read 19.8 Write 4.9 Mixed 4.74 10% 9.82 MB/s	4K Read 5.53 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 22% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 38.1 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 20.7 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	803x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	198x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	172x
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	133x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	129x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16