Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics100% 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 Drive85.2% 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.
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.
Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime6.1 Days
Run DateDec 18 '20 at 04:35
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 39%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (38th 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 below expectations (38th percentile)
73.8% Very good
Memory 87.5
1-Core 99.5
2-Core 192
74% 126 Pts
4-Core 325
8-Core 479
50% 402 Pts
64-Core 610
38% 610 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 136
Parallax 125
102% 129 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 131
Splatting 115
98% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 100%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB
227GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 411040RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 258 255 259 259 259 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Read 378
Write 368
Mixed 249
SusWrite 261
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 69.4
4K Mixed 34.9
129% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 241
204% 300 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 115%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OABX0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 176 183 184 179 181 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 163
Mixed 42.5
SusWrite 181
104% 144 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.5
142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 106%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BL8G26C16U4W.8FD 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63.2% Good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 20.4
MC Mixed 21
65% 22.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 16.6
45% 15.7 GB/s
Latency 70
57% 70 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 96%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R2 Builds (Compare 1,510 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: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $325
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