Alienware Area 51

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.6% 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)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XDJ4C
Memory	3.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 15:58
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 X 980-$148 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 87.7 2-Core 172 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 545 54% 444 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 480-$500 3,874 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 075F) 1.5GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 924 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 359.6 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 19.3 Splatting 26.1 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 978GB free Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 69 133145296919 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5759126 (F7) Unknown 100 100 189170 (F8) Unknown 100 100 130899 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4392 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	52% Above average	Read 257 Write 181 Mixed 183 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 22.7 76% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 56.8 69% 123 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 105%
ARRAY_0000 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 16GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.3% Excellent	Read 160 Write 129 Mixed 130 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.43 4K Mixed 1.1 235% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 83%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1108 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2056 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1724 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1921 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.3% Good	Read 119 Write 105 Mixed 96.6 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.53 135% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 3 slots used 6GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	46.1% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15.4 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 52%

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Gaming 23%

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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 $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	113x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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