Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160608
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 00:28
Run Duration	393 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 80.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 718 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 899 56% 899 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Dell(1028 3512) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Lighting 38.9 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 36.9 32% 35.4 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 37.2 Splatting 35.6 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871a 2.5 7mm 512GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV02D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 118 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 26 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1628 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 63 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1111681705 (F2) Unknown 99 99 848872126	84% Excellent	Read 507 Write 493 Mixed 507 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 28.8 4K Mixed 18.5 70% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 116 131% 224 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 173GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5526 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1843 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 70 55 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2509500614	61.4% Good	Read 491 Write 228 Mixed 352 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 18.4 76% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 59.7 60% 92.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 118%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 8241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 26 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 232 (C2) HDA temperature 121 115 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 4 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8989471 (F2) Unknown 200 200 16175767	87.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 155 Mixed 136 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.29 111% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%
WD Blue 400GB (2007)-$42 1,778 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 264GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4878 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19766 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4854 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 743 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4878 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 39 (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	39.7% Below average	Read 69 Write 69.1 Mixed 69.5 52% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.45 116% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 106GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94714767 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12578 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 234311722 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6985 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 300 (BE) vendor-specific 59 51 689242153 (C2) HDA temperature 41 49 51539607593 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 22 94714767 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -74745315835828 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1030374879 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3125472695	57.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 62.7 66% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.47 99% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 70%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	6.39% Terrible	Read 20.2 Write 3.56 Mixed 6.1 10% 9.94 MB/s	4K Read 5.03 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 1.16 75% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.39% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 50.6 MC Mixed 41 127% 44.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%

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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