Alienware Area 51

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	39.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XDJ4C
Memory	6.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100730
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '19 at 12:54
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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 970-$1,141 4,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 78.5 1-Core 82.2 2-Core 142 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 242 32% 239 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 045D) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 22.2 12% 17.8 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 16.9 Splatting 17.9 13% 16 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 61 67 62 64 70 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.2% Below average	Read 96.3 Write 98.8 Mixed 118 SusWrite 66.2 21% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 17.5 73% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 149 126% 189 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 95%
OCZ-AGILITY3 240GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 39GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 90 118 128 129 135 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 10% Great: 94%
Toshiba MK6476GSX 640GB-$299 4,054 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 70GB free Firmware: GS00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 44 44 43 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 43.3 Write 45 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 44.3 27% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 48%

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 below expectations (29^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 17.5 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 9 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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