Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics99.3% 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.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.
Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 09G12C
Memory57.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170517
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 27 '18 at 23:03
Run Duration81 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 85%
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 PC Performing as expected (45th 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 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Memory 88.1
1-Core 120
2-Core 243
84% 150 Pts
4-Core 469
8-Core 753
75% 611 Pts
64-Core 959
59% 959 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.3% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 136
Parallax 123
105% 129 fps
MRender 99
Gravity 122
Splatting 102
88% 108 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 99.3%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
579GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OAC70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
88% Excellent
Read 156
Write 150
Mixed 132
110% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.81
4K Write 1.78
4K Mixed 0.21
90% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 88%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown XRGM6C-MIB 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
110% Outstanding
MC Read 38.9
MC Write 51.7
MC Mixed 38.8
123% 43.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 20.7
SC Mixed 19.7
51% 17.9 GB/s
Latency 69.4
58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 133%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R2 Builds (Compare 1,505 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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