Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	85.3% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	59.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 15:49
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 255 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 696 76% 600 Pts	64-Core 872 54% 872 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR010 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 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B4) Unknown 0 0 81 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 45 236223201325 (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 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 399861689 (F7) Unknown 100 100 6361494 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2618521	78.7% Very good	Read 514 Write 393 Mixed 417 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 19.9 103% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 19 32% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 125%
Micron 1100 SATA 512GB 5,508 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0DL003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3205 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 84 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 56 188979413022 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 95 95 5 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 0 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 44490019967 (F2) Unknown 100 100 39018756037 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 484 Write 410 Mixed 434 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 32.3 109% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 59.9 72% 125 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 64 8173044 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 573 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 131232068 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -121092307940184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54703 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 55834574877 (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 -89940910143328 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10785183584 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13924508140	93.8% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 162 Mixed 132 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.2 91% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 105%
BUFFALO HD-PZFU3 2TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2TB free, PID 0289 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 122 Write 128 Mixed 93.9 146% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.33 83% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 52%

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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 53 MC Mixed 40 128% 44.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 121%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	809x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	200x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $75Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $375

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16