Alienware Area 51

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0J560M
Memory	13.6 GB free of 10 GB @ 1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100730
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '21 at 20:02
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5670 9,061 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 83.2 2-Core 188 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 570 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58% Above average	Lighting 77 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 99.1 63% 84.2 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 69 Splatting 47.7 49% 61.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 64GB 526 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: AGYA0202 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 175 Write 148 Mixed 77.1 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 14.2 38% 9.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% Great: 42%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 915GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 98 66 44 73 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 73.8 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 70%
GB0750EAFJK 750GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 588GB free Firmware: HPGC SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 100 102 104 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 98.4 Mixed 51.4 SusWrite 103 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.5 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 10.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $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	113x
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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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