Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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	225% 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190522
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 11:23
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	MKD-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$409 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 75.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 241 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 750 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 1,219 75% 1,219 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 104%

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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 157 Parallax 154 132% 157 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 142 Splatting 104 112% 142 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1251 1297 1306 1307 1315 1319 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,385 Write 1,317 Mixed 839 SusWrite 1299 272% 1,210 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 50.1 167% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1120 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 592 515% 777 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 248%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 92GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 96 111 112 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61% Good	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 104 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.7 348% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GB 6,839 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 89.8 44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 89%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	216x
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 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	80x

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: $409

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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