Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.9%, 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20170517
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateJul 12 '18 at 06:58
Run Duration173 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (89th 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
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Memory 91.6
1-Core 112
2-Core 216
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 411
8-Core 680
67% 545 Pts
64-Core 850
53% 850 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 153
Parallax 144
115% 146 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 131
Splatting 109
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT08D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 9.6 9 9.9 11 14 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210
439GB free
Firmware: EXM0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 442 431 421 421 415 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 464
Mixed 392
SusWrite 430
101% 447 MB/s
4K Read 36.9
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 54
193% 72.9 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 354
268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 122%
Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 185 138 187 188 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 185
Mixed 21.3
SusWrite 178
102% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 103%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
100% Outstanding
MC Read 39.6
MC Write 40.4
MC Mixed 35.7
110% 38.6 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 20.5
SC Mixed 20.9
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 64.8
62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 100%
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 1,499 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

System: Alienware Area-51 R2

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