Alienware Area 51

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XDJ4C
Memory	1.1 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '19 at 17:20
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 82.7 2-Core 148 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 396 41% 332 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2774) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.2% Below average	Lighting 41.3 Reflection 39.7 Parallax 47.9 34% 43 fps	MRender 52.6 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 35.1 32% 40.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 26 28 20 37 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 14 Write 43.3 Mixed 5 SusWrite 26.6 16% 22.2 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 59GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 85 83 84 85 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 78 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 84.1 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 272GB free Firmware: 3.AAM SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 77 78 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 76 Write 44.3 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 77.1 44% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 44%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 78GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 29 28 29 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 28.3 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 28.4 37% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 19%

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 (90^th percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 52%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

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 $130Bench 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 $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