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 as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	48.5% 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors, 1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170320
Uptime	9.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '17 at 11:18
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 210 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 714 70% 574 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1138) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 149GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 688 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3336 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 204 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 166499 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	38.6% Below average	Read 254 Write 108 Mixed 152 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 6.61 58% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 86.2 DQ Mixed 48.1 56% 97.3 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 46%
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 65 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 382 (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 1076717754 (F2) Unknown 99 99 957242585	48.5% Average	Read 502 Write 147 Mixed 228 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 29.9 4K Mixed 12.9 61% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 36.7 DQ Mixed 11.9 14% 23.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 87%
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 39GB free Firmware: 0509 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th 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 1740 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1132 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 53 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 6695865615717 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 87 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1058 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	46.7% Average	Read 422 Write 256 Mixed 320 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 28.9 4K Mixed 6.35 46% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 16 DQ Write 35.1 DQ Mixed 6.22 10% 19.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 69%
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 (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169896 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 73 (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 100 100 181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 311 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 311 (C2) HDA temperature 148 148 176094773285 (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 100 100 138 (F1) Unknown 100 100 788231796 (F2) Unknown 100 100 367296479	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 172 Mixed 166 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169190532 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3989 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 71 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 145885757 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6638 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2881 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 131090 (BD) vendor-specific 65 65 35 (BE) vendor-specific 56 47 739967020 (C2) HDA temperature 44 53 47244640300 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 31 169190532 (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 15122579855780 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2491321285 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2516022187	65.1% Good	Read 117 Write 110 Mixed 89.8 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.54 122% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6MFR8N-TF 4x4GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 35.4 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 100%

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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 $130Bench 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