Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.1% 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 Drive230% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.
Run History
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170320
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 22 '17 at 02:55
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (87th 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 way above expectations (89th percentile)
83.6% Excellent
Memory 91.7
1-Core 106
2-Core 202
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 407
8-Core 634
64% 521 Pts
64-Core 804
50% 804 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
83.1% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 112
Parallax 106
84% 107 fps
MRender 98.8
Gravity 96.7
Splatting 100
81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
230% Outstanding
Read 2,695
Write 1,149
Mixed 1,325
377% 1,723 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 92.5
4K Mixed 31.9
151% 54.9 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 167
DQ Mixed 68.5
77% 131 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 230%
Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 174
Mixed 169
133% 176 MB/s
4K Read 1.03
4K Write 1.92
4K Mixed 0.19
100% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 103%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
99.8% Outstanding
MC Read 39.3
MC Write 39.9
MC Mixed 35.6
109% 38.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 19.6
SC Mixed 20.9
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 64.6
62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 99.8%
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 1,507 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: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $375
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