Alienware Area-51 R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 100%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics113% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0HJ5Y7
Memory21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180718
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 06 '19 at 22:30
Run Duration104 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-7900X-$420
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Memory 73
1-Core 124
2-Core 250
81% 149 Pts
4-Core 469
8-Core 987
85% 728 Pts
64-Core 1,558
96% 1,558 Pts
Poor: 72%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
113% Outstanding
Lighting 151
Reflection 158
Parallax 181
123% 163 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 160
Splatting 110
102% 127 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 113%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
986GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 130 137 155 160 158 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
91.1% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 160
Mixed 81.2
SusWrite 147
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 91.1%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
91.3% Outstanding
MC Read 31.4
MC Write 50.3
MC Mixed 27.8
104% 36.5 GB/s
SC Read 7.5
SC Write 20.4
SC Mixed 9.6
36% 12.5 GB/s
Latency 94.6
42% 94.6 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 91.3%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R4 Builds (Compare 135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 104%
UFO

System: Alienware Area-51 R4

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $860
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