Alienware Area-51 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics94.3% 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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XF4NJ
Memory55.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170905
Uptime3.9 Days
Run DateMar 13 '18 at 08:43
Run Duration82 Seconds
Run User ZAF-User
Background CPU 39%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen TR 1950X-$225
SP3r2, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
71.5% Very good
Memory 65.3
1-Core 105
2-Core 208
69% 126 Pts
4-Core 416
8-Core 829
73% 623 Pts
64-Core 2,290
142% 2,290 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Dell(1028 3471) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.95
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
94.3% Outstanding
Lighting 121
Reflection 133
Parallax 126
99% 127 fps
MRender 93
Gravity 119
Splatting 101
85% 104 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 94.3%
Great: 101%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
98.5% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 158
Mixed 152
124% 165 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 1.37
4K Mixed 0.22
81% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 98.5%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
153% Outstanding
MC Read 61.5
MC Write 61.6
MC Mixed 60.5
175% 61.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 36.1
SC Mixed 23.8
73% 25.5 GB/s
Latency 113
35% 113 ns
Poor: 76%
This bench: 153%
Great: 155%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R3 Builds (Compare 29 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 119%
UFO

System: Alienware Area-51 R3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $756
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