Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.5% 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	216% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	54.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190522
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '19 at 19:17
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (44^th 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-$405 354,223 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 (18^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 88.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 262 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 974 90% 753 Pts	64-Core 1,627 101% 1,627 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 3,498 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Dell(1028 08C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 83% 109 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 91 Splatting 86.8 84% 106 fps
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 876 845 851 854 857 859 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,525 Write 1,674 Mixed 1,434 SusWrite 857 309% 1,373 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 52.8 178% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 895 DQ Write 1260 DQ Mixed 989 772% 1,048 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 297%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 197GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 422 454 459 454 458 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 491 Write 454 Mixed 398 SusWrite 427 328% 442 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 42 7,318% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 250 2,500% 297 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 70%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 1TB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 807GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 125 127 128 122 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73% Very good	Read 128 Write 128 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 125 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 293% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2666 C18 4x16GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 89%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	219x
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	186x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	101x

GPU
RTX 2080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 112%, 4,380 samples	206x
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: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16