Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	159% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '19 at 01:02
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	37%

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 Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 248 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 821 80% 655 Pts	64-Core 1138 70% 1138 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 5,557 User benchmarks, average bench 89% Dell(1028 08C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 120 Parallax 111 92% 114 fps	MRender 167 Gravity 109 Splatting 98.5 99% 125 fps
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PC SN520 NVMe WDC 256GB 4,380 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20200012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 402 279 318 337 327 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 899 Write 1,147 Mixed 1,037 SusWrite 353 194% 859 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58.4 197% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 856 DQ Write 953 DQ Mixed 696 582% 835 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 184%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 127 129 131 131 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 123 Write 114 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 128 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 2.8 543% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 70%
KINGSTON SUV500960G 960GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 369GB free, PID 6388 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 326 266 123 126 178 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	175% Outstanding	Read 349 Write 309 Mixed 242 SusWrite 225 370% 281 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 22.9 4K Mixed 20.9 1,564% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.2 DQ Write 24.7 DQ Mixed 21.6 1,653% 22.5 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 175%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GB 13,906 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.9 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 25.3 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 83%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	219x
Core i7-9700KIntel $253Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	187x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	103x

GPU
RTX 2080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 112%, 4,380 samples	206x
GeForce RTX 2070NvidiaBench 89%, 5,557 samples	95x
RTX 2070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 88%, 23,316 samples	83x

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: $403

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16