Alienware Area 51

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.5% 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	19.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XDJ4C
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '18 at 20:36
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 96.9 1-Core 85.2 2-Core 163 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 408 41% 335 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3763) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 31 Parallax 37.1 32% 35.8 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 37.8 Splatting 35.9 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 4.8 52 4.9 93 178 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.5% Very poor	Read 208 Write 17 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 56.8 16% 73 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1.4 28% 6.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 55%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 143 145 144 146 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 143 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 140 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 85%

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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 23 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 15 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 57%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: $369

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16