Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive89.3% 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.
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.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 09 '19 at 04:15
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 27%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (78th 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 (80th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 91.4
1-Core 112
2-Core 201
79% 135 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 682
64% 530 Pts
64-Core 881
54% 881 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 110
Parallax 104
86% 107 fps
MRender 94.6
Gravity 95.9
Splatting 99.4
79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron_M550_2.5"_7mm_256GB 256GB
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DL03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 273 196 166 112 123 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
89.3% Excellent
Read 445
Write 439
Mixed 330
SusWrite 208
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 88
4K Mixed 38.4
139% 51.6 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 235
209% 317 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 89.3%
Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OABX0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 185 182 186 185 185 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 168
Mixed 22.3
SusWrite 184
100% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 106%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
99.7% Outstanding
MC Read 39
MC Write 40.3
MC Mixed 35.3
109% 38.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 20.8
SC Mixed 21
54% 19 GB/s
Latency 65.1
61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 99.7%
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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