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Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.5% 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	41.8% 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.

System	Alienware Area 51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	7.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '22 at 02:06
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon W3580 653 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 82.1 2-Core 164 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 413 43% 345 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Nvidia(10DE 0969) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.5% Below average	Lighting 35 Reflection 36 Parallax 48 28% 39.7 fps	MRender 48.5 Gravity 43 Splatting 36.7 34% 42.7 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 FDE 2.5" 256GB 516 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM77D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 201 204 203 221 217 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 216 Write 217 Mixed 163 SusWrite 208 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 15.2 53% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 25.4 37% 69.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 52%
WD WD10EVDS-63N5B1 1TB 3,131 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 426GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 79 80 81 81 79 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 69.2 Write 75.1 Mixed 44.6 SusWrite 78.9 49% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$46 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 394GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 82 82 80 81 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 88.2 Write 89.2 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 81.1 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 69%
WD My Book 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1TB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 35.7 Write 32.9 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 36.6 44% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 20%

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 (97^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 22.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 15.5 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 57%

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Typical Area 51 Builds (Compare 173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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System: Alienware Area 51

CPU
Core i7 960Intel $217Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	40x
Core i7 930Intel $145Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	26x
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	17x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	14x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
WDBNCE0010PNC 1TBWDCBench 97%, 21,221 samples	5x

RAM
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	118x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	31x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	7x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $361

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $130
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $389