Alienware Area 51

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XDJ4C
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, , 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 08:49
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 97.2 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 144 67% 107 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 341 36% 291 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5970 (Crossfire Disabled) 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 17% AMD(1002 2042) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 21.5 19% 19.1 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 17.9 Splatting 16.2 12% 14.9 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,312 Write 3,902 Mixed 3,603 878% 3,939 MB/s	4K Read 279 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 164 716% 200 MB/s	DQ Read 674 DQ Write 446 DQ Mixed 510 394% 544 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 457GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 125 126 127 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 125 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 3 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 15.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 65%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

System: Alienware Area 51

CPU
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	36x
Core i7 930Intel $249Bench 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 $109Bench 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	112x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	29x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	7x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $388

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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