Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	114% 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	279% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '19 at 15:28
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$295 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 158 2-Core 314 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1,146 104% 872 Pts	64-Core 1,179 73% 1,179 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080 (Mobile) 4,380 User benchmarks, average bench 112% Dell(1028 08C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 159 Parallax 155 120% 154 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 139 Splatting 107 112% 142 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4L2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1253 1131 595 590 595 594 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 1,823 Write 1763 Mixed 1,165 SusWrite 793 310% 1,386 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 82.5 274% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,750 DQ Write 1,526 DQ Mixed 1,521 1,172% 1,599 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 296%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 249GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 402 456 455 456 454 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 428 Mixed 439 SusWrite 429 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 45.4 146% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 322 242% 324 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GKE160SO102408-2400 2x16GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.3 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 84%

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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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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	218x
Core i7-9700KIntel $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	186x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	101x

GPU
RTX 2080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 112%, 4,380 samples	205x
GeForce RTX 2070NvidiaBench 89%, 5,557 samples	94x
RTX 2070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 88%, 23,316 samples	82x

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 $269	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 $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 $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