Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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.
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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0FRTKJ
Memory27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 22 '20 at 01:31
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%
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 PC Performing as expected (55th 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 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Memory 82.7
1-Core 115
2-Core 224
79% 141 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 736
72% 588 Pts
64-Core 928
57% 928 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 119E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 143
Parallax 132
106% 135 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 127
Splatting 104
93% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OABX0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 24 13 9.1 15 34 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Portable 5TB
4.5TB free
Firmware: 0004
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 138 137 136 137 139 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
70.9% Very good
Read 109
Write 124
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 137
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 0.9
208% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BL16G32C16U4R.M16FE 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.3% Very good
MC Read 32.6
MC Write 26.7
MC Mixed 21.7
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 19.8
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 75.6
53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 119%

 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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