Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit 种颜色
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170517
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 23 '17 at 20:10
Run Duration189 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 14%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Memory 90.4
1-Core 98.9
2-Core 190
74% 126 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 633
62% 507 Pts
64-Core 847
52% 847 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2580 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 149
Parallax 139
114% 143 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 137
Splatting 111
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
65GB free
Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
60.8% Good
Read 512
Write 139
Mixed 199
61% 283 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 56.6
4K Mixed 13.8
84% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 191
DQ Write 146
DQ Mixed 39.6
65% 126 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 60.8%
Great: 73%
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT07D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
46.2% Average
Read 472
Write 87.8
Mixed 127
49% 229 MB/s
4K Read 15.7
4K Write 26.2
4K Mixed 10.4
51% 17.5 MB/s
DQ Read 229
DQ Write 80.9
DQ Mixed 26.4
53% 112 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 46.2%
Great: 76%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52
3TB free
Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Read 143
Write 137
Mixed 137
105% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.69
4K Write 1.52
4K Mixed 0.22
81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 96%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
66.9% Good
Read 115
Write 118
Mixed 95.9
82% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.62
4K Write 1.17
4K Mixed 0.47
100% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 66.9%
Great: 73%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
105% Outstanding
MC Read 40.9
MC Write 42.7
MC Mixed 39
117% 40.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 20.8
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 66.7
60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 105%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R2 Builds (Compare 1,503 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 82%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $530
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