Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	69% 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	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 15:18
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 274 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 830 84% 683 Pts	64-Core 1068 66% 1068 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 3183 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 213 Parallax 209 148% 201 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 190 Splatting 135 126% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th 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 1494 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 999 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 208 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 76507 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 94 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4 (EA) Unknown 0 0 42 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5805 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6841	69% Good	Read 515 Write 307 Mixed 385 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 17.5 92% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 83.9 DQ Mixed 16.5 23% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 96%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 88GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2261 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 507 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 65 51 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 222 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2941103001	104% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 419 Mixed 426 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 38.2 150% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 124 131% 219 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
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 (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 145 145 21490827543 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 712 (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 2586 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 711 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4494 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4494 (C2) HDA temperature 148 148 201864839205 (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 1134 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15949176050 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3693929086	104% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 182 Mixed 167 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.2 110% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Seagate ST1000LM010-9YH146 1TB 2,987 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 750GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 126 100 1069464008 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8543800 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 992 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 72 72 28 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 621805601 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 399 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6220 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 30 1069464008 (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 100 253 -17952963292484 (F1) Unknown 100 253 136901103 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1672256354	33.3% Below average	Read 52.2 Write 64 Mixed 66.4 46% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.12 49% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 169GB free Firmware: HP34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133152833 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5750 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21136818 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1311 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1912309956 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 706019367 (C2) HDA temperature 39 47 77309411367 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 16 133152833 (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 3	57.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.6 Mixed 93.1 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.53 121% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 4x8GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 47.2 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 44.6 129% 45.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 25.3 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 116%

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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 $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