Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive126% 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.
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 (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0XJKKD
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMar 23 '22 at 06:12
Run Duration279 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 66%
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 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
81.6% Excellent
Memory 86.3
1-Core 118
2-Core 224
81% 143 Pts
4-Core 414
8-Core 704
68% 559 Pts
64-Core 865
54% 865 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 143
Parallax 139
107% 137 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 145
Splatting 114
102% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 800GB
593GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 674 742 779 789 612 314 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 598
Write 790
Mixed 560
SusWrite 652
147% 650 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 38
124% 43.1 MB/s
DQ Read 593
DQ Write 468
DQ Mixed 512
388% 524 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 126%
Great: 317%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
101% Outstanding
MC Read 37.3
MC Write 45.8
MC Mixed 34.9
112% 39.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 20
51% 17.9 GB/s
Latency 71.1
56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 101%
Great: 101%

 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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