Alienware Area-51 R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics95.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0HJ5Y7
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190527
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 26 '22 at 22:11
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%
Watch Gameplay: 2070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7800X-$206
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
82.9% Excellent
Memory 78.4
1-Core 122
2-Core 235
80% 145 Pts
4-Core 470
8-Core 717
74% 593 Pts
64-Core 939
58% 939 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (120 fps cap detected)
95.7% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 108
Parallax 119
98% 116 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 121
Splatting 101
92% 114 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 95.7%
Great: 112%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38
996GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 23 23 38 52 69 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
15.1% Very poor
Read 14.9
Write 29.1
Mixed 19.1
SusWrite 37.6
18% 25.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.1
39% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 15.1%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 10h 16GB
2666, 2666 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
58.9% Above average
MC Read 19.7
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 16.4
62% 21.6 GB/s
SC Read 9.5
SC Write 21
SC Mixed 11.4
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 83.6
48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 58.9%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R4 Builds (Compare 135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 104%
UFO

System: Alienware Area-51 R4

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $860
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