Alienware Area 51

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XDJ4C
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 16:40
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 X 990-$499 4,994 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 91.9 2-Core 184 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 552 55% 448 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 65.7 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 60.8 54% 65.1 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 55.1 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 203GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 562 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 74 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2502352855	67.9% Good	Read 495 Write 412 Mixed 417 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 15 73% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 35.2 DQ Mixed 12.7 14% 23.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6275 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 212 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5158208540	70.6% Very good	Read 502 Write 411 Mixed 411 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 14.7 73% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 11.5 30% 59.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 115%
Ocz-agil ITY2 60GB 24GB free Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 100 6584931 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -429496714528 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1295 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 205 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 100 6584931 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3648 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4800 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4800 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10176	30.8% Below average	Read 187 Write 67.7 Mixed 101 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 7.67 52% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 68.2 DQ Mixed 6.08 28% 65.9 MB/s

UserData 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 35% Great: 51%
Archive 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.6% Very good	Read 159 Write 112 Mixed 121 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 3 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 57%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 19%

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System: Alienware Area 51

CPU
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	37x
Core i7 930Intel $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	24x
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	16x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	14x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
WDBNCE0010PNC 1TBWDCBench 97%, 21,221 samples	5x

RAM
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	113x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	29x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	7x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16