Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.8% 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	97.7% 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	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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	57.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 11:55
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 219 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 819 75% 631 Pts	64-Core 1,462 90% 1,462 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 122 Parallax 122 99% 122 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 105 Splatting 93.3 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3760 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 993 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13715117261	97.7% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 409 Mixed 413 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 44.9 142% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 81.1 DQ Mixed 121 102% 153 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 134%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 79GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 55 193274183707 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1924769565 (F7) Unknown 100 100 60177387 (F8) Unknown 100 100 28489273 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3578 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	57.6% Above average	Read 478 Write 23 Mixed 45.5 38% 182 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 17.9 4K Mixed 24.6 77% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 49 101% 210 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 126 126 17199595819 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 424 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1965 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1965 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 180389412897 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1089 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1738199542 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1332561294	114% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 194 Mixed 167 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.2 105% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.M16FA 4x16GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 55.4 MC Write 53.2 MC Mixed 42.7 144% 50.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 19.9 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	810x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	200x

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 $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	133x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16