Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics90.8% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMar 30 '20 at 06:45
Run Duration104 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
93.1% Outstanding
Memory 93.1
1-Core 125
2-Core 259
89% 159 Pts
4-Core 500
8-Core 833
81% 667 Pts
64-Core 1,006
62% 1,006 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 93.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.8% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 118
Parallax 113
96% 116 fps
MRender 98.9
Gravity 103
Splatting 93.8
80% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.8%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 160GB-$46
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P22O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 47 25 29 42 42 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
22.7% Poor
Read 43.3
Write 51
Mixed 27.7
SusWrite 35.4
29% 39.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 22.7%
Great: 39%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.2% Very good
MC Read 32.7
MC Write 25.9
MC Mixed 22.2
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 20.3
SC Mixed 19.5
52% 18.1 GB/s
Latency 61.8
65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 110%

 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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