Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 0XJKKD
Memory7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170517
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateOct 25 '20 at 19:56
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (54th 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 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 92
1-Core 116
2-Core 223
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 405
8-Core 629
64% 517 Pts
64-Core 848
52% 848 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
60% Good
Lighting 76.1
Reflection 79.7
Parallax 70.9
62% 75.5 fps
MRender 76.9
Gravity 69.4
Splatting 62.7
56% 69.7 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 60%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,169
Write 702
Mixed 497
173% 789 MB/s
4K Read 46.5
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 44
188% 68.9 MB/s
DQ Read 709
DQ Write 496
DQ Mixed 596
447% 600 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB
109GB free
Firmware: EXT08D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 136 136 136 136 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
74.4% Very good
Read 475
Write 140
Mixed 160
SusWrite 136
50% 228 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 75.5
4K Mixed 25.5
121% 44.2 MB/s
DQ Read 361
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 61.5
95% 188 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
651GB free
Firmware: MX4OABX0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 118 118 118 117 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
67.1% Good
Read 117
Write 115
Mixed 21.1
SusWrite 117
67% 92.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
64.6% Good
MC Read 28
MC Write 20.4
MC Mixed 20.2
65% 22.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 20.4
SC Mixed 17.9
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 64
62% 64 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 64.6%
Great: 97%

 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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