Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.5% 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	91.5% 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 09G12C
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '17 at 20:37
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 241 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 752 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 981 61% 981 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.67 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 111 Parallax 105 85% 107 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 101 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 512GB 5,047 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th 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 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (64) Unknown 100 100 6016 (A8) Unknown 253 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 253 253 0 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 1 1 (B2) Unknown 253 253 0 (B3) Unknown 253 253 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1540 (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 30 0 103081508894 (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 14 1 21546 (D4) Unknown 100 100 10800 (E9) Unknown 1 1 100 (EA) Unknown 100 100 110828544 (F1) Unknown 100 100 153627591 (F2) Unknown 100 100 127516157	91.5% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 490 Mixed 508 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 30.5 85% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 111 137% 242 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 25769804019 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 51 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 163210330147 (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 2 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3295198 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18781164	110% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 195 Mixed 181 142% 188 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.2 109% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6MFR8N-UH 4x8GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 46.8 MC Mixed 37.5 117% 41 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 21 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 84%

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Workstation 72%

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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