Alienware Area-51 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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.
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.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0HJ5Y7
Memory21.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190527
Uptime4.4 Days
Run DateNov 10 '20 at 07:09
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
73.1% Very good
Memory 69.2
1-Core 125
2-Core 249
80% 148 Pts
4-Core 413
8-Core 775
71% 594 Pts
64-Core 1,008
62% 1,008 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 141
Parallax 133
105% 134 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 127
Splatting 104
93% 114 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB
802GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 16.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 20 18 22 146 154 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 88%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145
988GB free
Firmware: SVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 450 463 464 467 469 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 488
Write 453
Mixed 405
SusWrite 462
102% 452 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 92.9
4K Mixed 48.7
164% 58.8 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 355
268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 115%
Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
129GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 165 166 164 166 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
92% Outstanding
Read 157
Write 123
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 164
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 92%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
75.5% Very good
MC Read 20.8
MC Write 45.2
MC Mixed 22.7
84% 29.6 GB/s
SC Read 7.4
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 9
36% 12.7 GB/s
Latency 103
39% 103 ns
Poor: 76%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R4 Builds (Compare 135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 104%
UFO

System: Alienware Area-51 R4

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $860
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