Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics105% 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 Drive52.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit 种颜色
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161011
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 04 '17 at 21:32
Run Duration182 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Memory 89.2
1-Core 97
2-Core 227
77% 138 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 624
66% 526 Pts
64-Core 630
39% 630 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 144
Parallax 123
111% 134 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 132
Splatting 107
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT07D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
52.4% Above average
Read 474
Write 99.2
Mixed 185
55% 253 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 30.9
4K Mixed 12.1
60% 20.5 MB/s
DQ Read 314
DQ Write 123
DQ Mixed 32.7
73% 156 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 52.4%
Great: 76%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37
53GB free
Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
56% Above average
Read 507
Write 149
Mixed 212
63% 289 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 32.8
4K Mixed 15.7
68% 22.9 MB/s
DQ Read 135
DQ Write 141
DQ Mixed 41.7
58% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 56%
Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52
3TB free
Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
84.9% Excellent
Read 161
Write 135
Mixed 138
109% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.72
4K Write 1.55
4K Mixed 0.22
83% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 84.9%
Great: 96%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174
2TB free
Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
68.7% Good
Read 113
Write 127
Mixed 116
89% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.26
4K Mixed 0.63
131% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 68.7%
Great: 73%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
107% Outstanding
MC Read 42.7
MC Write 42.7
MC Mixed 38.9
118% 41.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 20.5
SC Mixed 21.1
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 68.2
59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 107%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R2 Builds (Compare 1,499 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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