Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.8% 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 Drive113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180209
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 07 '19 at 22:52
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd 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 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
81.4% Excellent
Memory 92.2
1-Core 100
2-Core 197
76% 130 Pts
4-Core 381
8-Core 627
62% 504 Pts
64-Core 804
50% 804 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 81.4%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.1
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Lighting 94.2
Reflection 87.4
Parallax 138
77% 106 fps
MRender 87.1
Gravity 104
Splatting 125
88% 105 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
838GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 460 452 459 456 461 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 480
Write 458
Mixed 430
SusWrite 457
103% 456 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 93.2
4K Mixed 46.5
162% 58.2 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 352
265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 113%
Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OABX0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 192 191 192 193 192 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 192
Mixed 39
SusWrite 192
111% 154 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 110%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FD 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
98.6% Outstanding
MC Read 38.4
MC Write 39.6
MC Mixed 35.2
108% 37.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 19.2
SC Mixed 21.2
53% 18.7 GB/s
Latency 63.6
63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 75%
This bench: 98.6%
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 1,499 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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