Alienware Area 51

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.9% 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	58.7% 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 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0J560M
Memory	7.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20091022
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '21 at 05:59
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 97.3 1-Core 85.6 2-Core 172 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 422 45% 360 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1584) 3GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 26.4 Reflection 46.7 Parallax 30.8 22% 34.6 fps	MRender 42.8 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 29.7 26% 31.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4150 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 164 217 217 211 210 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.7% Above average	Read 228 Write 232 Mixed 180 SusWrite 205 48% 211 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 25.1 92% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 29.6 69% 143 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 115%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 284GB free Firmware: 4150 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 211 224 217 220 217 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63.1% Good	Read 244 Write 234 Mixed 213 SusWrite 216 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 30.1 100% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 29.6 69% 144 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 115%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 69GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 83 85 85 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	48% Average	Read 82.7 Write 82 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 84.1 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 60%

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 (99^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 25.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 16.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 57%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

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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