Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	14.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '17 at 05:30
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$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 (71^st percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 651 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% 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 CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.5% Very good	Lighting 94.7 Reflection 98.2 Parallax 90.6 77% 94.5 fps	MRender 85.6 Gravity 87.7 Splatting 81.7 69% 85 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 2.5 7MM 512GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20100P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^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 97 97 2737 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (64) Unknown 100 100 4947219 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 35 (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 31 0 68722688031 (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 18357 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4374 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2548 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 14	79.5% Very good	Read 514 Write 337 Mixed 350 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 16.5 83% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 37.9 104% 222 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.5% 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 (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 179 7616 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 146 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9280 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 32 (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 100 100 156 (F1) Unknown 200 200 421871713 (F2) Unknown 200 200 423707890	86.7% Excellent	Read 158 Write 145 Mixed 140 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.29 105% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 178 7675 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 146 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20481 (C2) HDA temperature 120 106 32 (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 100 100 555 (F1) Unknown 200 200 4137652966 (F2) Unknown 200 200 699862526	76.1% Very good	Read 140 Write 126 Mixed 118 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 37.5 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 21 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	807x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 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	173x
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	134x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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