Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 104%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics120% 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 Drive78.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 21 '19 at 18:16
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 16%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th 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 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Memory 91.9
1-Core 105
2-Core 215
79% 137 Pts
4-Core 407
8-Core 689
67% 548 Pts
64-Core 890
55% 890 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
120% Outstanding
Lighting 165
Reflection 183
Parallax 169
134% 172 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 166
Splatting 116
107% 132 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 120%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron (v0) 240GB-$145
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M206
SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 319 296 303 304 310 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Read 361
Write 339
Mixed 199
SusWrite 306
68% 301 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 57.6
4K Mixed 28.5
101% 36.2 MB/s
DQ Read 345
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 117
145% 256 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
841GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 458 458 447 449 448 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 467
Mixed 430
SusWrite 452
104% 460 MB/s
4K Read 43.5
4K Write 95.3
4K Mixed 58.8
192% 65.9 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 355
267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 123%
Great: 133%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 151 147 149 148 148 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Read 154
Write 134
Mixed 94.8
SusWrite 149
98% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA451U6MFR8N-TF 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
98.1% Outstanding
MC Read 38.2
MC Write 40.2
MC Mixed 34.5
108% 37.6 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 21.1
SC Mixed 19.7
52% 18.2 GB/s
Latency 64.3
62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 98.1%
Great: 100%

 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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