Alienware Area 51

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XDJ4C
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '20 at 05:44
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 97.1 1-Core 83.2 2-Core 168 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 526 53% 432 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 866D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 122 Parallax 123 105% 125 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 200 115 56 58 58 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.5% Above average	Read 247 Write 198 Mixed 207 SusWrite 112 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 22.5 83% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 138 116% 168 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 100%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 26GB free Firmware: UF30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 96 82 78 83 59 MB/s Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.7% Below average	Read 235 Write 208 Mixed 198 SusWrite 91.7 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 26.4 4K Mixed 15.1 56% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 87.5 DQ Mixed 41.5 47% 81.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 56%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 433GB free Firmware: 1AA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 78 77 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 70.3 Write 44.3 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 78.2 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 60%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 893GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 100 100 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 101 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 99.8 65% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 57%
GB0750C8047 750GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 559GB free Firmware: HPG1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 105 Write 9 Mixed 19.4 SusWrite 37.8 31% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 59%

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 (96^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 12.8 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 57%

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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 $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