Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	76.4% 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	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 06:11
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 896 89% 726 Pts	64-Core 1126 70% 1126 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 93%

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: 2037 MHz, MLim: 3058 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 197 Parallax 200 145% 192 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 184 Splatting 130 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 499GB free Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2097170 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 183 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1033 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 40 171800133658 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12884901891 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 419 (EA) Unknown 100 100 440 (F1) Unknown 253 253 437 (F2) Unknown 253 253 62 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.1% Very good	Read 501 Write 351 Mixed 336 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 20.8 100% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 45.3 53% 85.9 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 121%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 318GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3301 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 745 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 72 51 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 339 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4430409136	110% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 411 Mixed 417 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 46.1 173% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 123 127% 206 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^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 1795 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1252 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 309 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 84734 (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 31 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5 (EA) Unknown 0 0 56 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7772 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9116	76.4% Very good	Read 514 Write 302 Mixed 374 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 17.8 90% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 17.2 76% 169 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 96%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 135 135 21494169864 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 950 (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 3624 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 948 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6710 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6710 (C2) HDA temperature 211 211 206159609882 (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 1730 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17917063850 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8694288564	103% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 169 Mixed 159 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.22 108% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 772GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 81.2 Write 81.9 Mixed 79.9 105% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 53%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 53.1 MC Mixed 40.1 129% 45.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 116%

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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