Alienware Area 51

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.9% 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	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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XDJ4C
Memory	3.1 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '19 at 02:19
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 85.3 2-Core 157 69% 112 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 417 42% 341 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 18.4 16% 18 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 19.6 Splatting 20.8 16% 18.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 880GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 88 88 104 106 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 65.6 Write 86.4 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 93.2 56% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 68%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 116 116 119 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 100 Write 109 Mixed 92 SusWrite 117 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 81 81 84 82 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 70.8 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 80.7 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 67%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 76 77 77 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 74 Write 54.1 Mixed 48.6 SusWrite 76.4 47% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 43%
WD WD2000JD-00HBB0 200GB 2,211 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 186GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	5.94% Terrible	Read 8.9 Write 10.7 Mixed 3.8 SusWrite 11.7 6% 8.77 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 27% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.94% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 3 slots used 6GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 20.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 12.8 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 52%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

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 $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 $176	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