Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '18 at 05:03
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 726 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.8% Above average	Lighting 32 Reflection 167 Parallax 174 26% 124 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 170 Splatting 125 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4962 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 439513 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1536 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1217644 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1044179	79% Very good	Read 463 Write 416 Mixed 440 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 24.2 93% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 69.4 77% 122 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 103%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 8208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 196 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 187 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 116 116 253925 (C2) HDA temperature 115 110 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 87 87 9668 (F1) Unknown 200 200 39165402277 (F2) Unknown 200 200 84382742870	75.8% Very good	Read 144 Write 120 Mixed 119 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 33 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $300	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