Alienware Area-51 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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 Drive	228% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XF4NJ
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 04:31
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen TR 1950X-$225 23,641 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SP3r2, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 210 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 832 74% 624 Pts	64-Core 2,264 140% 2,264 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.66 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 185 Parallax 166 136% 173 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 167 Splatting 117 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 897GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,138 Write 1,289 Mixed 1,277 346% 1,568 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 56 188% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 48.5 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 93.8 75% 102 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 294%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 134 134 21493842197 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 125 (C2) HDA temperature 203 203 150325231643 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5980702 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19983167	99.9% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 180 Mixed 167 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.21 106% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 2x16GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 28.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 26.3 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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Typical Area-51 R3 Builds (Compare 29 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 119%

UFO

System: Alienware Area-51 R3

CPU
Ryzen TR 1950XAMD $225Bench 77%, 23,641 samples	19x
Ryzen TR 1900XAMD $110Bench 76%, 7,071 samples	6x
Ryzen TR 1920XAMD $800Bench 78%, 10,440 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	6x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 225%, 6,967 samples	5x
670p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBIntel $550Bench 327%, 3,198 samples	2x

RAM
16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 4x16GBMicronBench 122%, 84 samples	9x
HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 2x16GBHynixBench 84%, 1,261 samples	3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	2x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $756

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16