Alienware Area-51 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 98%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive208% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware Area-51 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XF4NJ
Memory25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180515
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateAug 11 '18 at 21:15
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing below expectations (26th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen TR 1950X-$225
SP3r2, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
70.8% Very good
Memory 58.8
1-Core 110
2-Core 222
70% 130 Pts
4-Core 443
8-Core 863
77% 653 Pts
64-Core 2,365
146% 2,365 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 164
Parallax 178
103% 156 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 149
Splatting 116
102% 125 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 102%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
885GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1266 1193 1198 1203 1196 1192 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
208% Outstanding
Read 1,763
Write 1,512
Mixed 961
SusWrite 1,208
305% 1,361 MB/s
4K Read 40.7
4K Write 77
4K Mixed 53.8
171% 57.2 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 232
170% 223 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 208%
Great: 294%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OAC70
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 154 155 160 161 157 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Read 134
Write 167
Mixed 38
SusWrite 158
90% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
126% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80.3% Excellent
MC Read 33.1
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 30.7
88% 30.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 20.1
51% 17.9 GB/s
Latency 131
30% 131 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Area-51 R3 Builds (Compare 29 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 119%
UFO

System: Alienware Area-51 R3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $756
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