Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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
Memory26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 24 '20 at 15:56
Run Duration152 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 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 i7-6850K-$115
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
89.3% Excellent
Memory 91.9
1-Core 117
2-Core 235
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 742
74% 604 Pts
64-Core 913
56% 913 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 89.3%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 3482) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 145
Parallax 137
108% 138 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 131
Splatting 106
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNK256GCS8 SATA 256GB
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: K8DC4101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 170 164 197 252 194 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
54.7% Above average
Read 358
Write 236
Mixed 199
SusWrite 177
54% 243 MB/s
4K Read 17.4
4K Write 27.3
4K Mixed 17.9
64% 20.9 MB/s
DQ Read 360
DQ Write 86.1
DQ Mixed 126
118% 191 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 54.7%
Great: 83%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 147 164 173 176 168 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
96% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 170
Mixed 98.8
SusWrite 153
111% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 96%
Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 142 159 168 168 164 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 148
Mixed 95.5
SusWrite 148
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 37.9
MC Write 47.7
MC Mixed 36.3
116% 40.6 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 20.1
SC Mixed 18.5
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 64.3
62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 104%
Great: 96%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Area-51 R2 Builds (Compare 1,495 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $530
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