Alienware Area-51 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 115%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics114% 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 Drive206% 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
Memory25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180515
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateJul 31 '18 at 18:00
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (45th 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 above expectations (82nd percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 79.1
1-Core 109
2-Core 221
76% 137 Pts
4-Core 441
8-Core 877
78% 659 Pts
64-Core 2363
146% 2363 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 80.7%
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
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
114% Outstanding
Lighting 153
Reflection 141
Parallax 179
125% 158 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 149
Splatting 113
102% 126 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 114%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
894GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1256 1183 1161 1200 1189 1196 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
206% Outstanding
Read 1,770
Write 1,521
Mixed 962
SusWrite 1,198
305% 1,363 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 73.6
4K Mixed 52
169% 55.8 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 215
160% 211 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 206%
Great: 294%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OAC70
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 168 165 163 163 167 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
90.5% Outstanding
Read 150
Write 180
Mixed 22.3
SusWrite 165
93% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 90.5%
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% Excellent
MC Read 31.1
MC Write 24.3
MC Mixed 28.5
80% 28 GB/s
SC Read 21.8
SC Write 34.6
SC Mixed 27.7
80% 28 GB/s
Latency 82.2
49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 80%
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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