Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.7% 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 Drive96.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.
Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 09G12C
Memory27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180209
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 12 '18 at 01:31
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 44%
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 PC Performing above expectations (84th 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 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Memory 90
1-Core 119
2-Core 241
84% 150 Pts
4-Core 467
8-Core 697
72% 582 Pts
64-Core 944
58% 944 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.7% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 114
Parallax 96.9
84% 105 fps
MRender 98.4
Gravity 95.9
Splatting 101
81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 512GB
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 70000P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 411 361 326 315 237 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
96.6% Outstanding
Read 459
Write 451
Mixed 399
SusWrite 352
94% 415 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 75.4
4K Mixed 38.1
132% 47.3 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 336
258% 350 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 96.6%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 173 172 172 172 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 161
Mixed 104
SusWrite 172
113% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.9
183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 101%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
113% Outstanding
MC Read 41.1
MC Write 50.9
MC Mixed 40.9
127% 44.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 20.3
51% 17.9 GB/s
Latency 67.2
60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 113%
Great: 118%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R2 Builds (Compare 1,498 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 82%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

System: Alienware Area-51 R2

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $530
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