Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics124% 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 Drive49.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150713
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateFeb 23 '22 at 06:50
Run Duration211 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing as expected (41st 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, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
74.5% Very good
Memory 77.5
1-Core 86.6
2-Core 150
62% 105 Pts
4-Core 385
8-Core 624
62% 505 Pts
64-Core 798
49% 798 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 74.5%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.79
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 169
Reflection 183
Parallax 190
138% 180 fps
MRender 131
Gravity 175
Splatting 121
114% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB
408GB free
Firmware: 415000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 387 375 372 373 372 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
95.3% Outstanding
Read 443
Write 426
Mixed 362
SusWrite 382
91% 403 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 76.2
4K Mixed 35.1
126% 45.9 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 256
217% 318 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 117%
SK hynix SC300 2.5 7MM 128GB
7GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20100P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 95 74 65 65 63 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
49.7% Average
Read 308
Write 113
Mixed 185
SusWrite 80.8
38% 172 MB/s
4K Read 17.6
4K Write 35.5
4K Mixed 19.7
71% 24.3 MB/s
DQ Read 331
DQ Write 148
DQ Mixed 6.2
66% 162 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 49.7%
Great: 80%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
823GB free
Firmware: MX4OABX0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 114 114 114 114 114 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
77.3% Very good
Read 156
Write 167
Mixed 34.1
SusWrite 114
85% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
98.6% Outstanding
MC Read 37.6
MC Write 41.7
MC Mixed 38
112% 39.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 14.4
SC Mixed 16.7
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 85.3
47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 98.6%
Great: 115%

 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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