Alienware Area 51

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.4% 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	49.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0J560M
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100730
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '17 at 20:33
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 X 980-$148 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 198 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 630 62% 509 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2670) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.4% Poor	Lighting 31.3 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 39.8 26% 34.3 fps	MRender 44.5 Gravity 29 Splatting 31.7 28% 35.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (A5) Unknown 100 100 983050 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 175 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 589 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 42 180389740583 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8589934594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 118 (EA) Unknown 100 100 128 (F1) Unknown 253 253 127 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	49.6% Average	Read 261 Write 181 Mixed 176 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 20 71% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 87.5 DQ Mixed 47.2 59% 108 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 117%
Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016)-$105 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93928464 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 102 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106198895 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 68 68 32 (BE) vendor-specific 68 63 555745312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 103 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 81604378656 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	94.7% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 157 Mixed 150 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.15 75% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123841080 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 896 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39339614 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 873 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 58 4901306404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98140 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 -140737488355292 (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 -33487859985192 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1601765062 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54159173674	91.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 159 Mixed 134 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 114%

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 (94^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 14.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 57%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

System: Alienware Area 51

CPU
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	36x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
WDBNCE0010PNC 1TBWDCBench 97%, 21,221 samples	5x

RAM
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	112x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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