Alienware Area-51 X58

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Area-51 X58 (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK P6T DELUXE V2
Memory	15.4 GB free of 18 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090424
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '16 at 17:27
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 135 62% 99 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 353 38% 302 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 (SLI Disabled) 1,059 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Nvidia(10DE 064E) 896MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4196 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 8.27 Parallax 5.16 16% 11.1 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 9 Splatting 6.17 6% 7.98 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 931GB free Firmware: KA05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 154139645 (03) Spinup time 95 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56340243 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36262 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 488046618 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 968916 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 81604378650 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 18 154139645 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -97852239875315 (F1) Unknown 100 253 392147691 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38808984	70.7% Very good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 89.7 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.55 134% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 75%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 873GB free (System drive) Firmware: KA05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 68 198731966 (03) Spinup time 95 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 141 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1949624 (09) Power-on hours count 100 67 118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 43 2006288105503 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 154 (C2) HDA temperature 31 57 90194313247 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 28 198731966 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -98492190031581 (F1) Unknown 100 253 375461885 (F2) Unknown 100 253 300008731	69.6% Good	Read 121 Write 121 Mixed 112 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.49 129% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 75%
MB0500EBZQA 500GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 466GB free Firmware: HPG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 30567815 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 54 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4367960740 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30985 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4128921 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 471203867 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 55 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 111 99 30567815 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84% Excellent	Read 146 Write 147 Mixed 143 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.56 140% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 18GB 8,131 User benchmarks, average bench 42% null MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 15.8 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 57%

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Gaming 17%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware Area-51 X58

CPU
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	15x
Core i7 975Intel $550Bench 72%, 3,143 samples	2x
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	1x

GPU
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples	3x
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	2x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	2x

SSD
850 Evo 120GBSamsung $80Bench 96%, 69,224 samples	2x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	2x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	7x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	3x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	2x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $170

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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