Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 125%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 114%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics137% 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 Drive61.4% 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 09G12C
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180209
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 31 '18 at 17:04
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
91% Outstanding
Memory 92.2
1-Core 124
2-Core 249
87% 155 Pts
4-Core 483
8-Core 760
77% 622 Pts
64-Core 999
62% 999 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91%
Great: 91%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2971 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
137% Outstanding
Lighting 195
Reflection 199
Parallax 187
159% 194 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 189
Splatting 128
120% 149 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 137%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT08D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 70 56 61 76 73 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
61.4% Good
Read 474
Write 99.7
Mixed 113
SusWrite 69.5
41% 189 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 51.9
4K Mixed 22.3
92% 32.7 MB/s
DQ Read 367
DQ Write 93.5
DQ Mixed 56.7
87% 172 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 61.4%
Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210
110GB free
Firmware: EXM04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 232 243 218 231 222 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
222GB free
Firmware: MX4OABX0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 91 91 94 93 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
71.7% Very good
Read 158
Write 154
Mixed 39
SusWrite 91.2
80% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA451U6MFR8N-TF 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
100% Outstanding
MC Read 38.8
MC Write 40.5
MC Mixed 35.6
109% 38.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 22.9
SC Mixed 22.1
56% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 63.7
63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 100%
Great: 100%

 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%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 72%
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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $530
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