Alienware Area 51

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17% 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	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 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0J560M
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20091028
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 02:54
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 975-$550 3,143 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 88.4 2-Core 176 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 433 48% 380 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5970 (Crossfire Disabled) 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 17% AMD(1002 2542) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 23.6 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 21.8 19% 19.4 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 18.1 Splatting 16.4 13% 15.3 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 484GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 1544 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9683605 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9409 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2265 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 51 739442732 (C2) HDA temperature 44 49 68719476780 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 30 1544 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -54107997985524 (F1) Unknown 100 253 951969862 (F2) Unknown 100 253 73646210	38.1% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 66.4 Mixed 54.3 47% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.67 113% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 88%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 484GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 168 2516 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1482 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1474 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 351 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6825 (C2) HDA temperature 99 92 44 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 45 (F1) Unknown 200 200 15427244 (F2) Unknown 200 200 356294642	38.5% Below average	Read 67.4 Write 66.7 Mixed 11.4 35% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.73 116% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 104%
Volume0 600GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 195 Mixed 150 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.98 242% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 117%
WD My Passport 0741 1TB 1,389 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 380GB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 34.2 Mixed 33.9 46% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 44%

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 (89^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 13.3 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 57%

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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	38x
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	17x
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	114x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16