Alienware Area-51 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics93.7% 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 Drive182% 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
Memory26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180515
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 28 '18 at 07:47
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing below expectations (24th 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 2.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
61.7% Good
Memory 73.9
1-Core 66.7
2-Core 133
55% 91.2 Pts
4-Core 267
8-Core 530
47% 399 Pts
64-Core 1433
89% 1433 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 61.7%
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
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
93.7% Outstanding
Lighting 110
Reflection 137
Parallax 163
90% 136 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 153
Splatting 113
102% 126 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 93.7%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
750GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 944 1043 1075 1074 1169 1172 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
182% Outstanding
Read 1,649
Write 1,465
Mixed 924
SusWrite 1,079
286% 1,279 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 61.4
4K Mixed 45.1
129% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 213
158% 208 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 182%
Great: 294%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
1TB free
Firmware: MX4OAC70
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 115 109 115 104 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
55.7% Above average
Read 83
Write 116
Mixed 15.3
SusWrite 111
58% 81.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
112% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 55.7%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
MC Read 32.6
MC Write 30.8
MC Mixed 29.6
89% 31 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 29.1
SC Mixed 25.6
69% 24.3 GB/s
Latency 92.7
43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 84.6%
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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