Alienware Area-51 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Alienware Area-51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XF4NJ
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '18 at 19:35
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD ZD1840A8UGAF4 2 User benchmarks, average bench 79% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.4% Very good	Memory 56.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 72% 136 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 907 80% 680 Pts	64-Core 2,460 152% 2,460 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 125 Reflection 126 Parallax 109 102% 120 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 52.9 44% 54.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB 20,313 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 141 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (64) Unknown 100 100 70598 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 1 5 (B2) Unknown 253 253 0 (B3) Unknown 253 253 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 393 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 0 47247589411 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 98 1 198 (D4) Unknown 100 100 149613 (E9) Unknown 1 1 100 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1257539392 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1450957367 (F2) Unknown 100 100 960077341	65% Good	Read 496 Write 266 Mixed 334 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 27.4 88% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 17.1 DQ Write 35.5 DQ Mixed 10.8 13% 21.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 82%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 699GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 182 5725 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1105 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 394 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5017 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 37 (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	57.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 99.2 Mixed 92.7 74% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.26 107% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 173GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 336 (03) Spinup time 178 175 6075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2876 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 450 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 109764 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 36 (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 199 199 464	46.5% Average	Read 70.9 Write 90.9 Mixed 90.4 64% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3466 C16 4x8GB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 2134 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 49 MC Write 51.4 MC Mixed 49.2 142% 49.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 20 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 140 29% 140 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 178%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 119%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R3

CPU
Ryzen TR 1950XAMD $225Bench 77%, 23,641 samples	19x
Ryzen TR 1900XAMD $110Bench 76%, 7,071 samples	6x
Ryzen TR 1920XAMD $800Bench 78%, 10,440 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	6x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 225%, 6,967 samples	5x
670p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBIntel $550Bench 327%, 3,198 samples	2x

RAM
16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GBMicronBench 122%, 84 samples	9x
HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 2x16GBHynixBench 84%, 1,261 samples	3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	2x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $756

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16