Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.8% 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	119% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 14:43
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 880 87% 711 Pts	64-Core 1131 70% 1131 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060 (Mobile) 119,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Dell(1028 08C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2340 MHz, MLim: 3675 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 116 Parallax 102 85% 108 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 92 Splatting 87.3 84% 106 fps
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Bc501 NVMe SK hynix 128GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 204 191 185 185 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 1,045 Write 366 Mixed 397 SusWrite 189 109% 499 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 39.9 176% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 230 190% 271 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 117%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 87 89 94 102 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 14 Write 2 Mixed 33 SusWrite 91.5 26% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA851S6JJR6N-VK 2x4GB 3,853 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB 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	59.7% Above average	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 24.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 73%

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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 $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	219x
Core i7-9700KIntel $259Bench 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 $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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