Alienware Area 51

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.6% 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	27.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0J560M
Memory	14 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '18 at 11:05
Run Duration	418 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 84.9 2-Core 162 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 538 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 480-$500 3,874 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 075F) 1.5GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 924 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 36.5 Parallax 26.4 19% 28.9 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 19.5 Splatting 27.6 23% 28.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 904 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3173 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 573 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 306969 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 4738747 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1022473462 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	27.5% Poor	Read 256 Write 80.1 Mixed 147 35% 161 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 4.76 38% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 10.6 DQ Write 63.7 DQ Mixed 31.5 26% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 46%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 605GB free Firmware: AX0P2D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1448 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4263 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1891 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 62940 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 261994053676 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 23944152 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 72041294 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 941 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7559573089 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17832976064 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	54.8% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 91.7 Mixed 89.1 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.26 4K Mixed 0.21 49% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 155GB free Firmware: CA12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 26988748 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13427 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 172517504 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 40064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 797 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 43 129606877229 (C2) HDA temperature 45 57 98784247853 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 24 26988748 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.2% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 100 Mixed 98.5 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.41 93% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 60%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 7GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 26.3 Mixed 27.5 35% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.18 41% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 42%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 16GB 985 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	6.51% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 10.8 Mixed 11.3 16% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.74 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.004 18% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.51% Great: 7%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 11.2 Mixed 16.7 22% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.26 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.66 77% 2.61 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 13.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 45%

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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	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 $295	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