Alienware Area 51

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XDJ4C
Memory	7.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '23 at 01:09
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 990-$499 4,994 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 87.4 2-Core 175 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 503 53% 426 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 528.02 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 68% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 33 39 41 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 190 Write 168 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 40 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 155%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 126 128 128 129 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 123 Write 119 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 128 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 85%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 68GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 32GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 27 38 43 47 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 131 Write 96.1 Mixed 46 SusWrite 40.3 57% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.4 265% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 121%

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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	47.5% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 18.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 57%

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

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16