Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 0FRTKJ
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180209
Uptime2.4 Days
Run DateJan 08 '19 at 06:06
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 92
1-Core 117
2-Core 205
80% 138 Pts
4-Core 445
8-Core 723
72% 584 Pts
64-Core 924
57% 924 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 119D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 113
Parallax 106
83% 107 fps
MRender 97.5
Gravity 94.6
Splatting 99.6
80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB
716GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 880 863 853 831 844 828 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 134%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 128GB
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 30000P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 118 109 118 103 117 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 93%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
763GB free
Firmware: MX4OABX0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 150 149 149 149 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
94.2% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 178
Mixed 38
SusWrite 148
98% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 94.2%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A5143EB1-CPB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 37.8
MC Write 45.1
MC Mixed 35.3
113% 39.4 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 20
SC Mixed 19
50% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 64.1
62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 102%
Great: 102%

 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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