Alienware Area 51

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	44.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0J560M
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091028
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 21:34
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 975-$550 3,143 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 98 2-Core 194 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 445 52% 401 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.9% Average	Lighting 62.9 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 62.5 51% 65.2 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 0.13 33% 45.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 689 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 110 110 95 105 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 169 Write 162 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 109 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 167%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 223GB free Firmware: VT100-41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 68 67 69 68 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 68.4 Write 73.4 Mixed 46 SusWrite 68.5 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 38%

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 (95^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 20.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 14.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 56.9% 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 $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	113x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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