Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	53.4% 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	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141001
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '16 at 14:53
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	47.5% Average	Memory 71.5 1-Core 35.3 2-Core 69.5 40% 58.8 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 255 23% 192 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1547 MHz, MLim: 1850 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.4% Above average	Lighting 59.6 Reflection 82 Parallax 79.1 49% 73.6 fps	MRender 85.6 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 71.1 63% 77.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 604 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 155 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 390 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22636021022 (F2) Unknown 99 99 12826255953	48.7% Average	Read 492 Write 108 Mixed 182 56% 261 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 32.7 4K Mixed 12.4 61% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 97.6 DQ Write 94.9 DQ Mixed 63 56% 85.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 87%
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 (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 136 136 25788481807 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 615 (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 1977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 605 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 944 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 944 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 184684773404 (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 1957 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6338009200 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7341955418	96.5% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 166 Mixed 162 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.19 87% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB 1,582 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 32.9 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 9.1 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 98.1 41% 98.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 101%

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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	802x
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	172x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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