Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	230% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190522
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '19 at 09:36
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 810 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 1,117 69% 1,117 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 1,230 User benchmarks, average bench 114% Dell(1028 08C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.46 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 158 Parallax 166 129% 161 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 141 Splatting 105 113% 143 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1304 1320 1326 1326 1326 1329 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,199 Write 1337 Mixed 880 SusWrite 1322 267% 1,185 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.3 204% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1118 DQ Write 612 DQ Mixed 600 517% 777 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 248%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 123 126 127 127 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 115 Write 108 Mixed 66 SusWrite 124 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 2.4 482% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 25 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 26 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 89%

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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 111%

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 110%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	217x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	186x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	100x

GPU
RTX 2080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 112%, 4,380 samples	204x
GeForce RTX 2070NvidiaBench 89%, 5,557 samples	94x
RTX 2070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 88%, 23,316 samples	81x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	40x
Raid 0 Volume 1TBIntelBench 242%, 17,176 samples	38x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc400Bench 186%, 2,374 samples	19x

RAM
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,839 samples	46x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	24x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 7,078 samples	24x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $410

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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