Alienware Area-51 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 31%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics70.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive161% 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
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0HJ5Y7
Memory27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180306
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateMay 18 '18 at 08:30
Run Duration115 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing below expectations (28th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-7920X-$250
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
38.5% Below average
Memory 48.8
1-Core 37.9
2-Core 76.3
34% 54.3 Pts
4-Core 153
8-Core 304
27% 228 Pts
64-Core 619
38% 619 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 38.5%
Great: 91%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Dell(1028 3471) ≥ 4GB; 1070ti
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
70.2% Very good
Lighting 74
Reflection 102
Parallax 127
60% 101 fps
MRender 96.7
Gravity 125
Splatting 106
89% 109 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
892GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
161% Outstanding
Read 1,752
Write 894
Mixed 1,335
293% 1,327 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 54.5
4K Mixed 30.7
106% 36.6 MB/s
DQ Read 91.3
DQ Write 83.2
DQ Mixed 45.8
46% 73.5 MB/s
Poor: 99%
This bench: 161%
Great: 251%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
2TB free
Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
97.9% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 165
Mixed 164
127% 168 MB/s
4K Read 0.76
4K Write 1.57
4K Mixed 0.23
87% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 97.9%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
43.9% Average
MC Read 15.4
MC Write 20.4
MC Mixed 17.2
50% 17.7 GB/s
SC Read 2.8
SC Write 6.8
SC Mixed 4.9
14% 4.83 GB/s
Latency 165
24% 165 ns
Poor: 76%
This bench: 43.9%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R4 Builds (Compare 135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 104%
UFO

System: Alienware Area-51 R4

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $860
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HDDRAMUSB
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