Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.6% 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 Drive76.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180209
Uptime9.9 Days
Run DateJul 20 '18 at 22:56
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th 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 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
81.9% Excellent
Memory 91.1
1-Core 99.5
2-Core 197
75% 129 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 612
62% 502 Pts
64-Core 776
48% 776 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 111
Parallax 106
88% 109 fps
MRender 97
Gravity 96.7
Splatting 99.1
80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS131122
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 76 89 82 74 92 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
76.7% Very good
Read 487
Write 378
Mixed 346
SusWrite 99.5
73% 328 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 68.1
4K Mixed 32.6
120% 42.7 MB/s
DQ Read 319
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 174
172% 274 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 91%
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195
356GB free
Firmware: CS131122
SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 452 455 218 326 327 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
95.3% Outstanding
Read 490
Write 467
Mixed 380
SusWrite 362
96% 425 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 67.9
4K Mixed 35.2
125% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 357
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 210
192% 295 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OABX0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 170 172 173 173 173 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
95.8% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 164
Mixed 49
SusWrite 172
99% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
99.1% Outstanding
MC Read 38.7
MC Write 40.4
MC Mixed 35.7
109% 38.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 18.6
SC Mixed 19.6
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 99%
This bench: 99.1%
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 1,503 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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