Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.1%, 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 Drive71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150713
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateOct 17 '18 at 01:05
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th 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 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
82.1% Excellent
Memory 87.1
1-Core 111
2-Core 200
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 694
68% 554 Pts
64-Core 883
55% 883 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407
Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
114% Outstanding
Lighting 155
Reflection 147
Parallax 142
126% 148 fps
MRender 162
Gravity 127
Splatting 95.6
101% 128 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 114%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 2.5 7MM 256GB
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20100P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 184 150 143 150 145 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
71.4% Very good
Read 460
Write 286
Mixed 243
SusWrite 171
64% 290 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 55.7
4K Mixed 26.7
98% 35 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 181
DQ Mixed 210
174% 257 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 71.4%
Great: 98%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 149 147 148 149 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
86% Excellent
Read 152
Write 148
Mixed 77.7
SusWrite 147
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 86%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 38.2
MC Write 41.7
MC Mixed 38.2
112% 39.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 20.7
SC Mixed 21.4
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 70.3
57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 102%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R2 Builds (Compare 1,498 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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