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 (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '17 at 20:19
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 194 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 640 61% 506 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Nvidia(10DE 1033) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1238 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 176 (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 62 60 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1696257879	112% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 493 Mixed 489 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 45.8 149% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 137 155% 266 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Toshiba MQ01ACF032 320GB-$22 3,858 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 292GB free Firmware: AV001D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1909 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 160 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 9965 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 191 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 45925 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979806238 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 305484319 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 842386966 (F0) Head flying hours 78 78 8890 (F1) Unknown 100 100 26721695290 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10054634079 (FE) Unknown 100 100 2	63.3% Good	Read 109 Write 112 Mixed 110 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08JEEE36-12-K 4x8GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 35.8 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 21 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 99%

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Workstation 72%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	808x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	199x

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	132x
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 $269	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 $40	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