Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	57.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '17 at 09:41
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	72%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 88.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 961 86% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,331 82% 1,331 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Dell(1028 119A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 375.63 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 188 Parallax 189 126% 177 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 161 Splatting 115 107% 132 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 381 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (64) Unknown 100 100 47294 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 32 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 1 2 (B2) Unknown 253 253 0 (B3) Unknown 253 253 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 705 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 0 98786738207 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 74 48 3032 (D4) Unknown 100 100 56013 (E9) Unknown 1 1 100 (EA) Unknown 100 100 820905408 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1182939664 (F2) Unknown 100 100 828643790	76% Very good	Read 513 Write 487 Mixed 505 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 19 65% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 33.7 DQ Mixed 11.6 38% 88.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 97%
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 (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 8100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 24 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 350 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 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 13 (F1) Unknown 200 200 4516264 (F2) Unknown 200 200 9686296	83.9% Excellent	Read 142 Write 151 Mixed 135 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.25 106% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%
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 above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 177 8133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 24 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 437 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 35 (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 16 (F1) Unknown 200 200 449154712 (F2) Unknown 200 200 91832650	78.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 139 Mixed 128 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.27 100% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.8% 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 above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 8341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 24 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1298 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 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 57 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1627671646 (F2) Unknown 200 200 735612809	81% Excellent	Read 138 Write 145 Mixed 133 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 4x16GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 50.6 MC Write 52.3 MC Mixed 41.2 137% 48 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 20.6 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 121%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	808x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	199x

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	132x
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 $269	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 $177	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