Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 130%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 120%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics150% 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 Drive87.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0FRTKJ
Memory60 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160608
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 12 '21 at 15:28
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User CHE-User
Background CPU 29%
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 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 89.2
1-Core 112
2-Core 224
80% 141 Pts
4-Core 445
8-Core 696
70% 570 Pts
64-Core 1,068
66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 98%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
150% Outstanding
Lighting 202
Reflection 175
Parallax 205
165% 194 fps
MRender 233
Gravity 200
Splatting 161
158% 198 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 150%
Great: 174%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A 1TB
874GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 418 422 422 409 426 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Read 452
Write 437
Mixed 334
SusWrite 423
93% 412 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 45.9
4K Mixed 26.8
90% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 252
213% 311 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 121%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW128GX4M8C3200C16 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
115% Outstanding
MC Read 45.4
MC Write 49.4
MC Mixed 41.3
130% 45.4 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 19.1
SC Mixed 19.7
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 68.3
59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 115%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51 R2 Builds (Compare 1,509 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: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $325
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