Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	203% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 06:37
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 898 90% 732 Pts	64-Core 1,105 68% 1,105 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2866 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 205 Parallax 201 152% 198 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 179 Splatting 130 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB 2,610 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 601GB free Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 926 Mixed 645 156% 690 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.5 147% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 144 119% 161 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 201%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 424GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4181 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3602 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 66 50 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1093 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7735636725	106% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 499 Mixed 516 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 37.1 133% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 156 160% 260 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 2,277 Write 818 Mixed 1,165 310% 1,420 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 39.8 163% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 158 154% 244 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 283%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 163 163 17196908749 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 959 (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 100 100 498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 749 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2302 (C2) HDA temperature 144 144 197569740838 (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 100 100 156 (F1) Unknown 100 100 705476380 (F2) Unknown 100 100 272835648	112% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 194 Mixed 174 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.19 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 KYXC0V-MIB CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 30.4 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.6 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 94%

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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	248x
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	131x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	129x

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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