Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics129% 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 Drive97.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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
Memory25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180209
Uptime21.1 Days
Run DateOct 05 '19 at 02:00
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th 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 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Memory 89
1-Core 104
2-Core 211
77% 135 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 650
62% 515 Pts
64-Core 794
49% 794 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.64
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
129% Outstanding
Lighting 177
Reflection 197
Parallax 179
144% 184 fps
MRender 128
Gravity 181
Splatting 130
119% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 129%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 512GB
265GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 350 336 322 320 309 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
97.5% Outstanding
Read 480
Write 429
Mixed 294
SusWrite 340
86% 386 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 81.4
4K Mixed 37.2
136% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 114
150% 271 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 97.5%
Great: 113%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
159GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 459 453 404 287 251 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 483
Write 467
Mixed 389
SusWrite 384
97% 431 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 93.7
4K Mixed 52.7
178% 62.1 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 179
183% 298 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 114%
Great: 134%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 148 149 148 150 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Read 152
Write 116
Mixed 78.8
SusWrite 148
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.6% Good
MC Read 28.8
MC Write 21.5
MC Mixed 22.4
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 20.2
52% 18.2 GB/s
Latency 68.5
58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 67.6%
Great: 94%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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