Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics99.6% 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 Drive47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150713
Uptime23 Days
Run DateNov 05 '20 at 17:29
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 31%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Memory 90
1-Core 106
2-Core 211
78% 136 Pts
4-Core 424
8-Core 678
68% 551 Pts
64-Core 838
52% 838 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 91%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.6% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 139
Parallax 118
102% 128 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 133
Splatting 107
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 99.6%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SK hynix SC210 2.5 7MM 128GB
12GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20001L00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 62 54 54 53 51 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
47.8% Average
Read 418
Write 97.7
Mixed 138
SusWrite 59.8
39% 178 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 39.8
4K Mixed 15.4
64% 23.6 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 118
103% 158 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 47.8%
Great: 73%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB
304GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 130 123 116 127 125 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
75.7% Very good
Read 140
Write 138
Mixed 31.5
SusWrite 123
78% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A5143EB1-CPB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
91.5% Outstanding
MC Read 35.4
MC Write 38.2
MC Mixed 32.5
101% 35.4 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 17.8
SC Mixed 15.1
45% 15.6 GB/s
Latency 67.2
60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 91.5%
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 1,499 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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