Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 115%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics125% 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 Drive88.9% 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 09G12C
Memory23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 26 '20 at 23:03
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Memory 92.4
1-Core 114
2-Core 224
82% 143 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 878
79% 665 Pts
64-Core 1,429
88% 1,429 Pts
Poor: 77%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing below potential (59th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 191
Parallax 171
141% 179 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 169
Splatting 121
112% 138 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron 1100 SATA 512GB
171GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0DL003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 456 454 287 244 240 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Read 404
Write 448
Mixed 369
SusWrite 354
89% 394 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 78.1
4K Mixed 32.9
118% 44.7 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 324
244% 327 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 100%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 152 151 154 153 135 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Read 156
Write 162
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 148
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown KM0VW4-MID 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
114% Outstanding
MC Read 48.3
MC Write 48.6
MC Mixed 38.2
129% 45 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 19.4
50% 17.4 GB/s
Latency 63.3
63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 114%
Great: 105%

 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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