Alienware Area-51 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 96%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics96.6% 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 Drive197% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware Area-51 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XF4NJ
Memory26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180515
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJul 31 '18 at 14:42
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (50th 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 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
77.4% Very good
Memory 78.4
1-Core 108
2-Core 212
75% 133 Pts
4-Core 409
8-Core 816
72% 613 Pts
64-Core 2305
143% 2305 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
96.6% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 175
Parallax 160
97% 151 fps
MRender 103
Gravity 135
Splatting 115
96% 118 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 96.6%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
895GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1230 1179 1197 1193 1189 1184 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
197% Outstanding
Read 1,670
Write 1,512
Mixed 917
SusWrite 1,195
297% 1,324 MB/s
4K Read 39.4
4K Write 67.4
4K Mixed 47.5
156% 51.4 MB/s
DQ Read 203
DQ Write 178
DQ Mixed 190
142% 190 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 197%
Great: 294%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OAC70
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 158 155 159 157 158 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
91.5% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 173
Mixed 32
SusWrite 158
95% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.4
107% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 91.5%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
82.5% Excellent
MC Read 30
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 28.3
84% 29.3 GB/s
SC Read 21.7
SC Write 32.8
SC Mixed 26.8
77% 27.1 GB/s
Latency 83.5
48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 91%

 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: 67% - Good Total price: $747
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