Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics82.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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 9 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.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 11 '19 at 05:13
Run Duration230 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (71st 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 above expectations (76th percentile)
79.8% Very good
Memory 83.7
1-Core 92.9
2-Core 200
72% 126 Pts
4-Core 409
8-Core 670
66% 540 Pts
64-Core 896
55% 896 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.1% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 106
Parallax 95.5
82% 101 fps
MRender 99.1
Gravity 97.8
Splatting 101
82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150
372GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVM01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 733 516 450 677 479 467 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 79% Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
67GB free
Firmware: 505ABBF1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 128 135 134 137 134 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
58% Above average
Read 386
Write 149
Mixed 180
SusWrite 134
47% 212 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 46.1
4K Mixed 23.8
90% 30.9 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 110
96% 141 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 58%
Great: 73%
Toshiba HDWD130 802GB
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX6O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 177 177 177 178 178 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 176
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 177
101% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.2
22% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 102%
Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
2TB free
Firmware: MX4O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 177 177 176 176 175 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 177
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 176
100% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 101%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
99% Outstanding
MC Read 39.3
MC Write 40.6
MC Mixed 35.6
110% 38.5 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 17.2
SC Mixed 21.1
50% 17.4 GB/s
Latency 74
54% 74 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 99%
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 1,503 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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